ADOPTION OF COWPEA PROTECTION RECOMMENDATIONS BY RURAL FARMERS IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA

This study reveals that the use of storage chemical is the technique with the highest adoption level (70%), closely followed by hermetic storage (63.8%) and use of insecticides on the field (48.4%). Farmers do not use herbicides and fungicides. The non-adoption of herbicides is attributed mainly to...

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Main Authors: E. B. Tologbonse, O. A. Adekunle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria 2018-10-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural Extension
Online Access:http://aesonnigeria.org/ajm/index.php/jae/article/view/1629