Adoption Level of IFAD Project Recommended Farming Practices among Smallholder Crop Farmers in Katsina State, Nigeria
This study assessed the adoption level of IFAD-CBARDP recommended farming practices among smallholder crop farmers in Katsina State. Data for the study were obtained by the use of structured questionnaire. Multistage sampling procedure was employed to select 349 respondents. Descriptive statistics...
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| author | Abdullahi Alhaji Jamilu K. T Atala G J Akpoko A S Sanni K S Haruna |
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This study assessed the adoption level of IFAD-CBARDP recommended farming practices among smallholder crop farmers in Katsina State. Data for the study were obtained by the use of structured questionnaire. Multistage sampling procedure was employed to select 349 respondents. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The result shows that the mean age of the participating farmers was 46years, 91% were males, 87.2%, 83% and 82.73% of the respondents respectively adopted the use of recommended fertilizer, method and dosage of fertilizer application and the use of seed dressing chemicals. The result further shows that 16.9%, 15.2% and 14.6% of the respondents respectively identified low counterpart funding, untimely disbursement of funds and inadequate mobility of extension staff as the major constraints to the effective implementation of the programme. Generally, there was a high level of adoption of the recommended farming practices among the participating farmers in the study area. It is recommended that funding of the project should be centrally coordinated, with contributions made by all the three tiers of government.Â
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| spelling | doaj.art-f5a91abd1a934cbdae07414523b907622022-12-22T03:00:44ZengAgricultural Extension Society of NigeriaJournal of Agricultural Extension1119-944X2408-68512016-12-01202Adoption Level of IFAD Project Recommended Farming Practices among Smallholder Crop Farmers in Katsina State, NigeriaAbdullahi Alhaji Jamilu0K. T Atala1G J Akpoko2A S Sanni3K S Haruna4National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services, ABU ZariaDepartment of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, A.B.U ZariaDepartment of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, A.B.U ZariaDepartment of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, A.B.U ZariaNational Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services, A.B.U Zaria This study assessed the adoption level of IFAD-CBARDP recommended farming practices among smallholder crop farmers in Katsina State. Data for the study were obtained by the use of structured questionnaire. Multistage sampling procedure was employed to select 349 respondents. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The result shows that the mean age of the participating farmers was 46years, 91% were males, 87.2%, 83% and 82.73% of the respondents respectively adopted the use of recommended fertilizer, method and dosage of fertilizer application and the use of seed dressing chemicals. The result further shows that 16.9%, 15.2% and 14.6% of the respondents respectively identified low counterpart funding, untimely disbursement of funds and inadequate mobility of extension staff as the major constraints to the effective implementation of the programme. Generally, there was a high level of adoption of the recommended farming practices among the participating farmers in the study area. It is recommended that funding of the project should be centrally coordinated, with contributions made by all the three tiers of government. https://www.aesonnigeria.org/ajm/index.php/jae/article/view/648Adoption levelIFAD-CBARDPSmallholder Farmers. |
| spellingShingle | Abdullahi Alhaji Jamilu K. T Atala G J Akpoko A S Sanni K S Haruna Adoption Level of IFAD Project Recommended Farming Practices among Smallholder Crop Farmers in Katsina State, Nigeria Journal of Agricultural Extension Adoption level IFAD-CBARDP Smallholder Farmers. |
| title | Adoption Level of IFAD Project Recommended Farming Practices among Smallholder Crop Farmers in Katsina State, Nigeria |
| title_full | Adoption Level of IFAD Project Recommended Farming Practices among Smallholder Crop Farmers in Katsina State, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Adoption Level of IFAD Project Recommended Farming Practices among Smallholder Crop Farmers in Katsina State, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adoption Level of IFAD Project Recommended Farming Practices among Smallholder Crop Farmers in Katsina State, Nigeria |
| title_short | Adoption Level of IFAD Project Recommended Farming Practices among Smallholder Crop Farmers in Katsina State, Nigeria |
| title_sort | adoption level of ifad project recommended farming practices among smallholder crop farmers in katsina state nigeria |
| topic | Adoption level IFAD-CBARDP Smallholder Farmers. |
| url | https://www.aesonnigeria.org/ajm/index.php/jae/article/view/648 |
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