Capacity Building Needs of Farmers for Safe Agro-chemical Use/Application in Niger State, Nigeria
In order to determine the capacity building needs of farmers for safe agro-chemicaluse in Niger State, the study examined awareness of safety measures for agrochemical usage, sources of awareness, practice of safety measures and training needs of farmers. One hundred and twenty farmers were rando...
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In order to determine the capacity building needs of farmers for safe agro-chemicaluse in Niger State, the study examined awareness of safety measures for agrochemical usage, sources of awareness, practice of safety measures and training needs of farmers. One hundred and twenty farmers were randomly selected from three local government areas in the state. Validated interview schedule with reliability coefficient of 0.89 was used to collect data. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. All the respondents were aware of wearing of protective clothing and avoiding drinking/eating during spraying, safety measure such as avoiding off label use (7.50%) had low awareness level. The major sources of awareness were friend/relatives (55.00%). The most widely practised safety measure was avoiding ingesting or inhaling chemicals (91.67%), while the least practised safety measure was avoiding off label use (2.50%).Reasons given for
not practicing some safety measures include heaviness of protective clothing
(17.50%) and unreadable nature of instruction labels (14.17%). Major areas of
training needs of the respondents were application (61.67%) and handling (52.50%) of agro-chemicals. A positive significant correlation existed between education (r =0.461), farming experience (r = 0.337), farm income (r = 0.307) and practice of safety measures. It was therefore recommended that enlightenment campaign should be carried out in the State to raise awareness level for safe use of agro-chemicals in the agricultural transformation programme, while the characters of the instruction labels should be boldly written to facilitate reading and practice of safety measures.
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| spelling | doaj.art-c52ae4d278d1403ea896ae2eed26e9292022-12-22T04:41:55ZengAgricultural Extension Society of NigeriaJournal of Agricultural Extension1119-944X2408-68512013-06-01171Capacity Building Needs of Farmers for Safe Agro-chemical Use/Application in Niger State, NigeriaS I Umar0R S Olaleye1M A Ndanitsa2M Ibrahim3J H Tsado4M S Sadiq5Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Extension Technology, F. U.T., MinnaDept. of Agricultural Economics and Extension Technology, F. U.T., MinnaDept. of Agricultural Economics and Extension Technology, F. U.T., MinnaDept. of Agricultural Economics and Extension Technology, F. U.T., MinnaDept. of Agricultural Economics and Extension Technology, F. U.T., MinnaDept. of Agricultural Economics and Extension Technology, F. U.T., Minna In order to determine the capacity building needs of farmers for safe agro-chemicaluse in Niger State, the study examined awareness of safety measures for agrochemical usage, sources of awareness, practice of safety measures and training needs of farmers. One hundred and twenty farmers were randomly selected from three local government areas in the state. Validated interview schedule with reliability coefficient of 0.89 was used to collect data. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. All the respondents were aware of wearing of protective clothing and avoiding drinking/eating during spraying, safety measure such as avoiding off label use (7.50%) had low awareness level. The major sources of awareness were friend/relatives (55.00%). The most widely practised safety measure was avoiding ingesting or inhaling chemicals (91.67%), while the least practised safety measure was avoiding off label use (2.50%).Reasons given for not practicing some safety measures include heaviness of protective clothing (17.50%) and unreadable nature of instruction labels (14.17%). Major areas of training needs of the respondents were application (61.67%) and handling (52.50%) of agro-chemicals. A positive significant correlation existed between education (r =0.461), farming experience (r = 0.337), farm income (r = 0.307) and practice of safety measures. It was therefore recommended that enlightenment campaign should be carried out in the State to raise awareness level for safe use of agro-chemicals in the agricultural transformation programme, while the characters of the instruction labels should be boldly written to facilitate reading and practice of safety measures. http://aesonnigeria.org/ajm/index.php/jae/article/view/89 |
| spellingShingle | S I Umar R S Olaleye M A Ndanitsa M Ibrahim J H Tsado M S Sadiq Capacity Building Needs of Farmers for Safe Agro-chemical Use/Application in Niger State, Nigeria Journal of Agricultural Extension |
| title | Capacity Building Needs of Farmers for Safe Agro-chemical Use/Application in Niger State, Nigeria |
| title_full | Capacity Building Needs of Farmers for Safe Agro-chemical Use/Application in Niger State, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Capacity Building Needs of Farmers for Safe Agro-chemical Use/Application in Niger State, Nigeria |
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| title_short | Capacity Building Needs of Farmers for Safe Agro-chemical Use/Application in Niger State, Nigeria |
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