Adoption of Recommended Crop Protection Practices By Sesame Farmers in Benue State, Nigeria
This study was conducted to investigate fanners practices and adoption of improved sesame crop protection practices in Benue state, Nigeria. Using survey research, a pre-tested structured interview schedule was used to elicit informationfrom 120 sesamefanners that were randomly selectedfrom ten vill...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria
2005-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Agricultural Extension |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/224 |
| Summary: | This study was conducted to investigate fanners practices and adoption of improved sesame crop protection
practices in Benue state, Nigeria. Using survey research, a pre-tested structured interview schedule was used to
elicit informationfrom 120 sesamefanners that were randomly selectedfrom ten villages in two agricultural blocks
in the northern zone from a samplingframe of sesamefanners. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to
analyze the data. Low adoption level was observed for all the crop protection practices , namely herbicide use
(2.9%), disease control (2.0%) insect control(2.0%) and seed dressing (2.9%). Only 1%of the respondents hadfull
package adoption, 5%hadpartial adoption while 94%didnot adopt any of the cropprotectionpractices. The study
further revealed a significant relationship between adoption and the following variables: awareness
(r=0.21;p<0.05), household size involvedinfarming (r=0.248;p<0.01), andyears offarming experience (r = 0.370;
p<0.01). Stepwise regression analysis revealed that years of farming experience was a critical variable in the
adoption of crop protection practices by sesame farmers and accountedfor 17% of the determinants of adoption.
Based on this study it is recommended that efforts should be geared towards increasing the awareness of all crop
protection practices in order to increase their adoption using a multimedia approach. These crop protection
practices shouldfocus mainly on integrated approaches with little or no chemical and more ofpractices that are
compatible with thefarmerspractices. |
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| ISSN: | 1119-944X 2408-6851 |