Vol. 13(1), pp. 15-20, January-June 2021 DOI: 10.5897/IJLIS2020.0975 Article Number: ABC8B0D66779 ISSN 2141-2537 Copyright © 2021 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article http://www.academicjournals.org/IJLIS International Journal of Library and Information Science Full Length Research Paper Assessment of users’ satisfaction of information provision among agricultural researchers in Nigeria Oyeniyi J. Oluwakemi National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria. Received 9 December, 2020; Accepted 27 April, 2021 In order to improve the performance of agriculture in Nigeria different agricultural research institutions were established. Realising the fact that economic and social development is based on progress in agricultural as well, these agricultural institutions have been striving to ensure food security in the country. But all these efforts have not yielded the desired result as the agricultural output in Nigeria can still not compete favourably with developed countries. Though, it has been established that there can be no research without information. Information is one of the components to achieve sustainable progress in agricultural research. Could it be that the agricultural researchers are not getting enough information for their research activities or they are not satisfied with information provided for research? Thus this study assessed agricultural researcher’s satisfaction in terms of information facilities, sources, resources and contents using the researcher in all agricultural research institutions affiliated to agricultural research council of Nigeria (ARCN). The findings revealed that satisfaction with information facilities and information resources are high; but there is need for upgrade in information content and services for better satisfaction. Thus the study made some recommendations for better satisfaction so that there can be increased in research output which will in turn improve agricultural output in Nigeria. Key words: User's satisfaction, information provision, agriculture, researchers, research institutes. INTRODUCTION The evidence improved performance of agriculture in Africa according to Nin-Pratt (2015) in recent years has been quite striking when compared with the past. But despite the improved performance, Nin-Pratt (2015) opined that agricultural productivity growth in Africa continues to lag behind every other region of the world, growing at the rate that is roughly half of the average rate of developed countries. This is one of the reasons why research activities in Nigeria, like in any other developing country are focused largely on agriculture. In the same vein, economic and social development is based on technological progress in agriculture. To achieve sustained progress in agricultural sector, some basic components are required. They include: appropriate technology, supporting policies and strong institutional capacity (Michael, 2016). Agriculture, according to (Michael, 2016) used to be the largest contributor to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Nigeria before independence. The sector employed the largest number of labour, caused the country to earn E-mail: olukemioyeniyi@yahoo.com. Author(s) agree that this article remain permanently open access under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 International License