Abstract
The study identified the technical skills required in production and
processing of Moringa oleifera leaves into powder. Four research questions
and four null hypotheses guided the study. A structured questionnaire of 76
items was used to elicit response from 40 respondents comprising 30 Crop
Science Lecturers and 10 Agricultural Education Lecturers. The instrument
was face validated by three experts and Cronbach alpha reliability test which
yielded a coefficient of 0.79 was used to establish the internal consistency.
The data collected were analysed using Mean to answer the research
questions and z-test statistic to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of
significance. The findings of the study revealed the technical skills required
site selection, climatic requirements and land preparation, planting and post
planting of Moringa, harvesting of Moringa leaves and processing of
Moringa leaves into powder. Based on the findings, it was recommended
among others that the identified technical skills should be applied by the
rural families for the production of Moringa oleifera leaves for their benefit.