Assessment of the Adoption of Afforestation innovations in Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano State

The studyfocused on the assessment of the adoption of afforestation innovations in Dambatta Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State. Thirty fanners were randomly selected from each of the three-extension block in the study area making a total of 90 respondents. Data were collected through the us...

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Main Authors: B M Hamidu, N Murtala, A Y Iliyasu, I P Adamu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria 2006-12-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural Extension
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Online Access:http://aesonnigeria.org/ajm/index.php/jae/article/view/242
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description The studyfocused on the assessment of the adoption of afforestation innovations in Dambatta Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State. Thirty fanners were randomly selected from each of the three-extension block in the study area making a total of 90 respondents. Data were collected through the use of interview schedule while the information collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The result indicated that, the age of thefarmers range from 26 to 85 with a mean of 47 years. They also have afarm size rangingfrom 0.5 to 5ha with a mean of 3.Oha. The distance from their houses to thefarms ranges from 16 to 1 to 3km. A total of nine innovations were pushed to thefarmers and the awareness level varies from 21% to 86% while the trial level ranges from 16% to 77% with respect to the individual innovation. The adoption level ranges from 8% to 66%. Among the major constraints revealed by the study were inadequate afforestation inputs and discontinuity of afforestation project. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that farmers should be hacked up with inputs supply
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spelling doaj.art-de3211b67b6c4cc88db5b20239059e162022-12-22T03:53:28ZengAgricultural Extension Society of NigeriaJournal of Agricultural Extension1119-944X2408-68512006-12-019Assessment of the Adoption of Afforestation innovations in Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano StateB M Hamidu0N MurtalaA Y IliyasuI P AdamuDepartment of Agricultural Economics and Extension Programme, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi-Nigeria The studyfocused on the assessment of the adoption of afforestation innovations in Dambatta Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State. Thirty fanners were randomly selected from each of the three-extension block in the study area making a total of 90 respondents. Data were collected through the use of interview schedule while the information collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The result indicated that, the age of thefarmers range from 26 to 85 with a mean of 47 years. They also have afarm size rangingfrom 0.5 to 5ha with a mean of 3.Oha. The distance from their houses to thefarms ranges from 16 to 1 to 3km. A total of nine innovations were pushed to thefarmers and the awareness level varies from 21% to 86% while the trial level ranges from 16% to 77% with respect to the individual innovation. The adoption level ranges from 8% to 66%. Among the major constraints revealed by the study were inadequate afforestation inputs and discontinuity of afforestation project. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that farmers should be hacked up with inputs supply http://aesonnigeria.org/ajm/index.php/jae/article/view/242AdoptionAfforestationinnovations
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Afforestation
innovations
title Assessment of the Adoption of Afforestation innovations in Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano State
title_full Assessment of the Adoption of Afforestation innovations in Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano State
title_fullStr Assessment of the Adoption of Afforestation innovations in Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano State
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title_short Assessment of the Adoption of Afforestation innovations in Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano State
title_sort assessment of the adoption of afforestation innovations in dambatta local government area of kano state
topic Adoption
Afforestation
innovations
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