The target population of this study was small scale farmers registered and those not registered
under the OVOP program. OVOP program has drawn a list of fifty two vegetable farmers
who are beneficiaries of the program in the area. From the 52 participants, a systematic
random sampling procedure was employed to generate a sample size of 40. Simple random
sampling was employed to generate 40 non participants of the program within the area to
give a total of 80 respondents.