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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria
2018-10-01
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Series: | Journal of Agricultural Extension |
Online Access: | http://aesonnigeria.org/ajm/index.php/jae/article/view/1629 |