The purpose of this study was to investigate the information needs and seeking behaviours of rural farmers in Plateau States Mangu Local Government Area. There were three main objectives for the study. The study took a descriptive survey technique, with the questionnaire playing the role of data collector. Ninety (90) farmers were used as participants in the study. To evaluate the data, descriptive statistics were applied. The results showed that rural farmers in Mangu Local Government need access to agricultural information resources their information needs were never met by agricultural extension officers farmers in the past relied on their peers, cooperatives, families, and friends for agricultural knowledge and farmers collective knowledge and first-hand experience were the most trusted sources of agricultural knowledge. It was found that the agricultural information resources available to farmers in the Mangu LGA of Plateau State are discouraging. Farmers in the Mangu LGA of Plateau State face language barriers, a lack of extension worker services, a lack of funds, a lack of awareness, and an absence of up-to-date information. For better agricultural products, the government was urged to implement the following measures: ensuring that politicians at all three levels of government keep their word establishing rural adult education programs hiring and deploying extension workers to rural areas and encouraging the management of television and broadcasting houses to create agricultural programming.

Agriculture

Farmers

information need

information seeking behaviour

rural farmers

mangu