Abdullahi, S., Idrisa, Y. L, Baribusta, D., Abdoulaye, T.
The study examined the adoption of integrated striga management for Africa (ISMA) technology among small scale maize farmers in Bauchi and Kano States, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used in selecting 508 respondents from the study areas. Data were collected through the administration of questionnaire and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that average age of the beneficiaries and the non-beneficiaries were 39 and 38 years respectively. Majority (88.7% and 86%) of the total beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of the ISMA project in the study area were male with an average household size, farm size and farming experience of 11 people, 3 hectares and 18 years, respectively. The results of the logistic regression revealed that, level of education and major occupation were negative and significant in influencing the likelihood of adopting ISMA technology p<0.01 while distance to sources of technology was positive and significant at the same level. The major constraints to the adoption of ISMA were, inability to differentiate desmodium from other weeds and non-availability of materials relating to ISMA technology. It can be concluded that, level of education, major occupation and income were the factors influencing the likelihood of adopting ISMA technologies in the study area. Based on the constraints highlighted, the research recommended; more on farm trials to be conducted by extension agents in order to build the capacity of the farmers on the technology and materials for ISMA technology should be made available to the farmers by the government and other relevant agencies.
{"title":"FACTORS INFLUENCING THE LIKELIHOOD OF ADOPTION OF INTEGRATED STRIGA MANAGEMENT FOR AFRICA TECHNOLOGIES AMONG SMALL SCALE MAIZE FARMERS IN BAUCHI AND KANO STATES, NIGERIA","authors":"Abdullahi, S., Idrisa, Y. L, Baribusta, D., Abdoulaye, T.","doi":"10.59331/njaat.v2i2.358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59331/njaat.v2i2.358","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined the adoption of integrated striga management for Africa (ISMA) technology among small scale maize farmers in Bauchi and Kano States, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used in selecting 508 respondents from the study areas. Data were collected through the administration of questionnaire and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that average age of the beneficiaries and the non-beneficiaries were 39 and 38 years respectively. Majority (88.7% and 86%) of the total beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of the ISMA project in the study area were male with an average household size, farm size and farming experience of 11 people, 3 hectares and 18 years, respectively. The results of the logistic regression revealed that, level of education and major occupation were negative and significant in influencing the likelihood of adopting ISMA technology p<0.01 while distance to sources of technology was positive and significant at the same level. The major constraints to the adoption of ISMA were, inability to differentiate desmodium from other weeds and non-availability of materials relating to ISMA technology. It can be concluded that, level of education, major occupation and income were the factors influencing the likelihood of adopting ISMA technologies in the study area. Based on the constraints highlighted, the research recommended; more on farm trials to be conducted by extension agents in order to build the capacity of the farmers on the technology and materials for ISMA technology should be made available to the farmers by the government and other relevant agencies.","PeriodicalId":346909,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124582230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bako, J. B., Fagam, A. S., Garba, A. A., Sabo, M. U., Sheriff, H. H.
Field experiment was conducted for three (3) years during the rainy seasons of 2018, 2019 and 2020 to study the flag leaf area and yield character relationship as influenced by Striga infestation of sorghum in Bauchi state. The research was conducted at Teaching and Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (10° 22' N and 9°47′ E) in the northern Guinea savanna ecological zone of Nigeria. The treatments consisted of four (4) transplanted age; (2, 3, 4 and 5 weeks after emergence with a control as direct seeded on the field) and five (5) nitrogen levels; (0, 30, 60, 90 and 120 kg N/ha). The treatments were factorially combined and laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. In all the three seasons, sorghum seedlings were first raised in the nursery before being transplanted out to the field. Characters measured were flag leaf area, panicle length, panicle weight, number of spikes per panicle, number of seeds per panicle, spike length, spike weight, number of spikelets per spike, number of seeds per spike, seed weight and seed yield per hectare. Simple correlation between flag leaf area and yield characters of sorghum was carried out to determine the relationship. The results indicated a significant and positive correlations exist between the characters measured throughout the study period. This implies as flag leaf area increase, all yield characters increase with a resultant increase in yield. Based on the result this finding, it can be concluded that net increase in flag leaf area resulted to increase in yield of Striga infested sorghum in the study area.
利用2018年、2019年和2020年雨季3年的田间试验，研究了高粱旗叶面积和产量性状与斯特riga侵染的关系。该研究在尼日利亚北部几内亚稀树草原生态区包奇(10°22' N和9°47 ' E)的Abubakar Tafawa Balewa大学农业和农业技术学院教学和研究农场进行。治疗包括四(4)移植年龄;(出苗后2、3、4和5周，田间直接播种对照)和5个氮水平;(0、30、60、90和120 kg N/ha)。各处理进行因子组合，采用随机完全区组设计，有三个重复。在所有的三个季节里，高粱幼苗都是先在苗圃里培育，然后再移栽到地里。测定的性状为旗叶面积、穗长、穗重、每穗穗数、每穗种子数、穗长、穗重、每穗小粒数、每穗种子数、种子重和每公顷种子产量。对高粱的旗叶面积与产量性状进行了简单相关分析。结果表明，在整个研究期间测量的性状之间存在显著的正相关。这意味着随着旗叶面积的增加，所有产量性状都增加，产量也随之增加。综上所述，旗叶面积的净增加导致了研究区Striga侵染高粱产量的增加。
{"title":"SIMPLE CORRELATION BETWEEN FLAG LEAF AREA AND YIELD CHARACTERS OF SORGHUM UNDER STRIGA INFESTATION DURING THE 2018, 2019 AND 2020 RAINY SEASONS IN BAUCHI, BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA","authors":"Bako, J. B., Fagam, A. S., Garba, A. A., Sabo, M. U., Sheriff, H. H.","doi":"10.59331/njaat.v2i2.355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59331/njaat.v2i2.355","url":null,"abstract":"Field experiment was conducted for three (3) years during the rainy seasons of 2018, 2019 and 2020 to study the flag leaf area and yield character relationship as influenced by Striga infestation of sorghum in Bauchi state. The research was conducted at Teaching and Research Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi (10° 22' N and 9°47′ E) in the northern Guinea savanna ecological zone of Nigeria. The treatments consisted of four (4) transplanted age; (2, 3, 4 and 5 weeks after emergence with a control as direct seeded on the field) and five (5) nitrogen levels; (0, 30, 60, 90 and 120 kg N/ha). The treatments were factorially combined and laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. In all the three seasons, sorghum seedlings were first raised in the nursery before being transplanted out to the field. Characters measured were flag leaf area, panicle length, panicle weight, number of spikes per panicle, number of seeds per panicle, spike length, spike weight, number of spikelets per spike, number of seeds per spike, seed weight and seed yield per hectare. Simple correlation between flag leaf area and yield characters of sorghum was carried out to determine the relationship. The results indicated a significant and positive correlations exist between the characters measured throughout the study period. This implies as flag leaf area increase, all yield characters increase with a resultant increase in yield. Based on the result this finding, it can be concluded that net increase in flag leaf area resulted to increase in yield of Striga infested sorghum in the study area.","PeriodicalId":346909,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124130102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shuaibu, Y. M., Garba, A. A., Fagam, A. S., Voncir, N., Kawure, S., Bala, R. A., Sabo, M. U., Nayaya, J. A.
The study was conducted at both Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University teaching and research farm, Bauchi located in the Northern Guinea Savannah and also at Bulkachuwa village of Katagum LGA located in Sudan Savannah both in Bauchi state, during the wet seasons of 2016, 2017 and 2018 to investigate the effects of nutrient sources and agro-ecology on physic-chemical properties of soil. The treatments consisted of a factorial combination of five nutrient sources (poultry manure, cow dung, chicken feather, municipal waste, mineral fertilizer) and a control and two varieties of castor (Ex-India 1 and 2), these gave 12 treatment combinations and laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The results of the experiment revealed a significant (P≤0.05) difference among the treatments used throughout the study period. The results of the soil analysis before the conduct of the experiment revealed that, the soil in both locations is sandy loam in texture. It also indicated that, the soils are slightly acidic, low in organic carbon, available P (mg/kg) and total N (g/kg) while the exchangeable cations (cmol/kg) are medium, following the ESU rating. The result after treatment application showed that, soil texture remained the same (sandy loam) in both locations. The soil pH was neutral to slightly acidic while organic carbon ranged from medium to high with highest value in poultry manure and chicken feather in Bauchi but generally low to medium in Bulkachuwa location. Available P and total N were medium to high in Bauchi but low to medium in Bulkachuwa location. However, the exchangeable cations were rated to be high in both locations following ESU rating. Based on the results of this study, Application of poultry manure or chicken feather at the rate of 2 tons/ha should be adopted by farmers in the study area for good soil fertility restoration.
{"title":"EFFECTS OF NUTRIENT SOURCES AND AGRO-ECOLOGY ON PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL IN BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA","authors":"Shuaibu, Y. M., Garba, A. A., Fagam, A. S., Voncir, N., Kawure, S., Bala, R. A., Sabo, M. U., Nayaya, J. A.","doi":"10.59331/njaat.v2i2.357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59331/njaat.v2i2.357","url":null,"abstract":"The study was conducted at both Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University teaching and research farm, Bauchi located in the Northern Guinea Savannah and also at Bulkachuwa village of Katagum LGA located in Sudan Savannah both in Bauchi state, during the wet seasons of 2016, 2017 and 2018 to investigate the effects of nutrient sources and agro-ecology on physic-chemical properties of soil. The treatments consisted of a factorial combination of five nutrient sources (poultry manure, cow dung, chicken feather, municipal waste, mineral fertilizer) and a control and two varieties of castor (Ex-India 1 and 2), these gave 12 treatment combinations and laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The results of the experiment revealed a significant (P≤0.05) difference among the treatments used throughout the study period. The results of the soil analysis before the conduct of the experiment revealed that, the soil in both locations is sandy loam in texture. It also indicated that, the soils are slightly acidic, low in organic carbon, available P (mg/kg) and total N (g/kg) while the exchangeable cations (cmol/kg) are medium, following the ESU rating. The result after treatment application showed that, soil texture remained the same (sandy loam) in both locations. The soil pH was neutral to slightly acidic while organic carbon ranged from medium to high with highest value in poultry manure and chicken feather in Bauchi but generally low to medium in Bulkachuwa location. Available P and total N were medium to high in Bauchi but low to medium in Bulkachuwa location. However, the exchangeable cations were rated to be high in both locations following ESU rating. Based on the results of this study, Application of poultry manure or chicken feather at the rate of 2 tons/ha should be adopted by farmers in the study area for good soil fertility restoration.","PeriodicalId":346909,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128332582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samuel Awolomate, Oshibanjo, D. O, Mohammed, M. Y., Anthony, Benjamin, Dashe, M. P.
The influence of three heat sources on the physicochemical composition and meat quality of Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was investigated. The fish farm produced twelve Oreochromis niloticus weighing an average of 65825 grams each. The fish were gutted and washed with distilled water to eliminate filth and blood; the dressed weights were then smoked. Smoking was accomplished using charcoal, wood, and an electric grill. Study examined the product's production, pH, water-holding capacity (WHC), and oxidative rancidity. A sensory analysis and microbiological count were conducted in accordance with standard procedures. The data were analyzed using 0.05-level one-way ANOVA and graph pad prism. Compared to firewood and electricity, cooking Tilapia with charcoal yielded the highest output. Tilapia prepared over a firewood heat source had a pH of 6.62, whereas those prepared over an electric heat source had a pH of 6.56. At 54.44 percent, the Tilapia using an electric heat source had the highest Water holding capacity (WHC). There was a statistically significant difference (P0.05) in the Oxidative Rancidity, with the electric heat source Tilapia fish having the highest level at 0.31 mg/g. In terms of appearance, electric heat source Tilapia fish was preferred to firewood and charcoal heat source Tilapia fish; nevertheless, it was inferior in terms of taste, tenderness, texture, and salinity. Firewood-heated Tilapia fish had the best texture, but the worst flavor. This study found that electric heat sources for smoking Tilapia fish might be used without impacting nutritional content or consumer acceptability.
{"title":"PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, AND MICROBIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF TILAPIA FISH AS AFFECTED BY CHARCOAL, ELECTRIC GRILLER, AND FIREWOOD HEAT SOURCES","authors":"Samuel Awolomate, Oshibanjo, D. O, Mohammed, M. Y., Anthony, Benjamin, Dashe, M. P.","doi":"10.59331/njaat.v2i2.291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59331/njaat.v2i2.291","url":null,"abstract":"The influence of three heat sources on the physicochemical composition and meat quality of Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was investigated. The fish farm produced twelve Oreochromis niloticus weighing an average of 65825 grams each. The fish were gutted and washed with distilled water to eliminate filth and blood; the dressed weights were then smoked. Smoking was accomplished using charcoal, wood, and an electric grill. Study examined the product's production, pH, water-holding capacity (WHC), and oxidative rancidity. A sensory analysis and microbiological count were conducted in accordance with standard procedures. The data were analyzed using 0.05-level one-way ANOVA and graph pad prism. Compared to firewood and electricity, cooking Tilapia with charcoal yielded the highest output. Tilapia prepared over a firewood heat source had a pH of 6.62, whereas those prepared over an electric heat source had a pH of 6.56. At 54.44 percent, the Tilapia using an electric heat source had the highest Water holding capacity (WHC). There was a statistically significant difference (P0.05) in the Oxidative Rancidity, with the electric heat source Tilapia fish having the highest level at 0.31 mg/g. In terms of appearance, electric heat source Tilapia fish was preferred to firewood and charcoal heat source Tilapia fish; nevertheless, it was inferior in terms of taste, tenderness, texture, and salinity. Firewood-heated Tilapia fish had the best texture, but the worst flavor. This study found that electric heat sources for smoking Tilapia fish might be used without impacting nutritional content or consumer acceptability.","PeriodicalId":346909,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116763316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The study was conducted on Gender analysis of rural small- scale arable crop farming in Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Multi-stage random sampling techniques was used to select 150 respondents for the study. Data was collected through the use of structured questionnaire and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistical tools. Results showed that in age distribution of respondents according to gender, about 70% of the male respondents and 60% of the female were less than 35 years of age with only 2.67% and 4.00% respectively being above 55 years. 80% of male and 76% of female were married while 92% of male had formal education as compared to 86.7% for female. Also, 50.66% of male farmers had large families of seven and above while 50.67% of their female counterpart had family size of seven and above. About 16% of the male farmers accessed loan from banks as against 6.7% of the female folks. Male farmers dominated in yam production with over 84% as against the female group that had only 20% of the females involved. Females were into cassava production (60%) as against their male counterpart with 33.3%. The econometric analysis for determinants of gender productivity among small holder farmers showed that coefficients for farm size and age were negative and significant at 5% level for the male and 1% for the female. The coefficients for capital inputs, planting materials, labour and education were positive as expected and significant at 5% level for the male farmers and 1% level for the female farmers. Inadequate credit was the most important constraints to small- scale arable crop farming with 80%. Major constraints also include inadequate extension services (70%). It was recommended that extension agents should sensitize and involve more rural small-scale arable crop female farmers in their contact and training.
{"title":"GENDER ANALYSIS OF RURAL SMALL-SCALE ARABLE CROP FARMING IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA","authors":"P. I. Nwandu","doi":"10.59331/njaat.v2i2.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59331/njaat.v2i2.22","url":null,"abstract":"The study was conducted on Gender analysis of rural small- scale arable crop farming in Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. Multi-stage random sampling techniques was used to select 150 respondents for the study. Data was collected through the use of structured questionnaire and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistical tools. Results showed that in age distribution of respondents according to gender, about 70% of the male respondents and 60% of the female were less than 35 years of age with only 2.67% and 4.00% respectively being above 55 years. 80% of male and 76% of female were married while 92% of male had formal education as compared to 86.7% for female. Also, 50.66% of male farmers had large families of seven and above while 50.67% of their female counterpart had family size of seven and above. About 16% of the male farmers accessed loan from banks as against 6.7% of the female folks. Male farmers dominated in yam production with over 84% as against the female group that had only 20% of the females involved. Females were into cassava production (60%) as against their male counterpart with 33.3%. The econometric analysis for determinants of gender productivity among small holder farmers showed that coefficients for farm size and age were negative and significant at 5% level for the male and 1% for the female. The coefficients for capital inputs, planting materials, labour and education were positive as expected and significant at 5% level for the male farmers and 1% level for the female farmers. Inadequate credit was the most important constraints to small- scale arable crop farming with 80%. Major constraints also include inadequate extension services (70%). It was recommended that extension agents should sensitize and involve more rural small-scale arable crop female farmers in their contact and training.","PeriodicalId":346909,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123754388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shuaibu, Y. M., Kawure, S., Bala, R. A., Sabo, M. U., Nayaya, J. A., Dawaki, J. A., Baret, M. G.
A field experiment was carried out at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University teaching and research farm, Bauchi located in the Northern Guinea Savannah and Bulkachuwa village of Katagum LGA located in Sudan Savannah both in Bauchi State, during the rainy seasons of 2016, 2017 and 2018 to study the association of growth and yield characters and their contribution to the yield of castor. The treatments consisted of five nutrient sources (poultry manure, cow dung, chicken feather, municipal waste, mineral fertilizer) and a control and two varieties of castor (Ex-India 1 and 2), factorially combined to give 12 treatments and laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The result of the experiment revealed a significant and positive relationship as well as direct and indirect contribution of characters to the yield of castor. Except leaf area index (r = 0.174*), number of capsules (r = 0.169*) and seed oil content (r = 0.139*) that were only significant at (P≤0.05), all the parameters measured were positively related to grain yield. Except net assimilation rate (r = -0.643**), days to 50% flowering (r = -0.485**) and height to first raceme (r = -0.345**) that had negative relationship with grain yield, all other parameters exhibited a strong and positive relationship with castor grain yield. The result further indicated that, the direct contribution of plant height to seed yield was positive and highest. It was further observed that, the highest direct and negative contribution was observed with height to first raceme. It also showed that, direct and positive contribution to seed yield among the growth characters was only observed through plant height and crop growth rate. Yield characters on the other hand, a direct and positive contribution was observed with highest from 100 seed weight. Based on the results of this findings, improving characters that exhibit direct and positive contribution can improve the yield of castor in the study area.
{"title":"ASSOCIATION ANALYSIS AND CONTRIBUTION OF GROWTH AND YIELD CHARACTERS TO YIELD OF CASTOR IN BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA","authors":"Shuaibu, Y. M., Kawure, S., Bala, R. A., Sabo, M. U., Nayaya, J. A., Dawaki, J. A., Baret, M. G.","doi":"10.59331/njaat.v2i2.359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59331/njaat.v2i2.359","url":null,"abstract":"A field experiment was carried out at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University teaching and research farm, Bauchi located in the Northern Guinea Savannah and Bulkachuwa village of Katagum LGA located in Sudan Savannah both in Bauchi State, during the rainy seasons of 2016, 2017 and 2018 to study the association of growth and yield characters and their contribution to the yield of castor. The treatments consisted of five nutrient sources (poultry manure, cow dung, chicken feather, municipal waste, mineral fertilizer) and a control and two varieties of castor (Ex-India 1 and 2), factorially combined to give 12 treatments and laid out in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The result of the experiment revealed a significant and positive relationship as well as direct and indirect contribution of characters to the yield of castor. Except leaf area index (r = 0.174*), number of capsules (r = 0.169*) and seed oil content (r = 0.139*) that were only significant at (P≤0.05), all the parameters measured were positively related to grain yield. Except net assimilation rate (r = -0.643**), days to 50% flowering (r = -0.485**) and height to first raceme (r = -0.345**) that had negative relationship with grain yield, all other parameters exhibited a strong and positive relationship with castor grain yield. The result further indicated that, the direct contribution of plant height to seed yield was positive and highest. It was further observed that, the highest direct and negative contribution was observed with height to first raceme. It also showed that, direct and positive contribution to seed yield among the growth characters was only observed through plant height and crop growth rate. Yield characters on the other hand, a direct and positive contribution was observed with highest from 100 seed weight. Based on the results of this findings, improving characters that exhibit direct and positive contribution can improve the yield of castor in the study area.","PeriodicalId":346909,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116974987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rafiu Adeniyi Mufutau, Adeokun, O. A., Osunmakinde, M. A., Awolola, A. A.
The study focused on perception of the effect of human insecurity on agricultural enterprises of rural dwellers in selected Local Government Areas of Oyo State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling was used to select 195 rural dwellers from the study area. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics while Chi-square and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used as inferential tools. Results showed that, majority (84.10%) of the respondents were married with mean age of, household size and farming experience estimated at 48 years, 7 persons and 13 years, respectively. Major agricultural enterprises engaged in by the respondents were vegetables production (88.21%), arable crop production (69.74%) and marketing of agricultural products%. Also, respondents perceived destruction of crops by animals (79.49%), encroachment of other person’s farmland without permission (68.72%) and clashes between rival cult (52.00%) as causes of human insecurity in the study area. Perception of the effect of human insecurity on agricultural enterprises showed that loss of human lives ranked 1st (= 4.78), human insecurity led to loss of house and properties ranked (= 4.52), human insecurity leads to reduced crop yield/productivity due to theft or burning of farm produce ranked (= 4.48). Among mitigating strategies adopted, provision of small-scale credit facilities was ranked 1st (= 4.21) and provision of health facilities for the stakeholders ranked 2nd (= 4.18) while counseling services for the stakeholders ranked 3rd ( = 3.96). There is a significant relationship between perception of the effect of human insecurity on agricultural enterprises of the rural dwellers and agricultural enterprises practiced by the respondents. The study recommends that, government in collaboration with business owners and companies operating in these crisis prone areas should engage stakeholders (community leaders, youth leaders and other leaders of Community Based Organizations) in a town hall meeting and collectively come up with lasting solutions to human insecurity in the study area.
{"title":"PERCEPTION OF THE EFFECT OF HUMAN INSECURITY ON AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES AMONG RURAL DWELLERS IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA","authors":"Rafiu Adeniyi Mufutau, Adeokun, O. A., Osunmakinde, M. A., Awolola, A. A.","doi":"10.59331/njaat.v2i2.250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59331/njaat.v2i2.250","url":null,"abstract":"The study focused on perception of the effect of human insecurity on agricultural enterprises of rural dwellers in selected Local Government Areas of Oyo State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling was used to select 195 rural dwellers from the study area. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics while Chi-square and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used as inferential tools. Results showed that, majority (84.10%) of the respondents were married with mean age of, household size and farming experience estimated at 48 years, 7 persons and 13 years, respectively. Major agricultural enterprises engaged in by the respondents were vegetables production (88.21%), arable crop production (69.74%) and marketing of agricultural products%. Also, respondents perceived destruction of crops by animals (79.49%), encroachment of other person’s farmland without permission (68.72%) and clashes between rival cult (52.00%) as causes of human insecurity in the study area. Perception of the effect of human insecurity on agricultural enterprises showed that loss of human lives ranked 1st (= 4.78), human insecurity led to loss of house and properties ranked (= 4.52), human insecurity leads to reduced crop yield/productivity due to theft or burning of farm produce ranked (= 4.48). Among mitigating strategies adopted, provision of small-scale credit facilities was ranked 1st (= 4.21) and provision of health facilities for the stakeholders ranked 2nd (= 4.18) while counseling services for the stakeholders ranked 3rd ( = 3.96). There is a significant relationship between perception of the effect of human insecurity on agricultural enterprises of the rural dwellers and agricultural enterprises practiced by the respondents. The study recommends that, government in collaboration with business owners and companies operating in these crisis prone areas should engage stakeholders (community leaders, youth leaders and other leaders of Community Based Organizations) in a town hall meeting and collectively come up with lasting solutions to human insecurity in the study area.","PeriodicalId":346909,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125762898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The study examined the performance of farmers’ cooperatives in Dukku local government area of Gombe State, Nigeria. Simple random sampling techniques was used in selecting 72 respondents from the study area. Data was collected using questionnaire. Sixty-three (63) questionnaires were returned and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The result revealed that all the respondents were married, with majority (93.7%) being males. About 38.1% of the respondents fell within the age bracket of 41-50 and farming was their major occupation (77.8%), with 50.8% of the respondents having above 20 years’ experience in farming. The study further showed that 45 of the respondents, representing 71.4% identified ‘encouragement of self-help and cooperation’ as the major benefit they derived as a result of their membership in cooperatives. Socio-economic factors such as age, farm size and income were found to be significant (p˂0.05) factors influencing farmers’ access to cooperative loan. The study showed that ‘unavailability of loan to give out to members’ was the major constraint (88.9%) to loan accessibility by members of cooperatives. It was recommended that cooperative farmers be educated by extension workers on the need to pool the resources at their disposal and grant loans to members rather than wait for government loans.
{"title":"PERFORMANCE OF COOPERATIVES AMONG FARMERS IN GOMBE STATE, NIGERIA","authors":"Usman, A. B., Babaji, A.U., Muhammad, R.","doi":"10.59331/njaat.v2i2.351","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59331/njaat.v2i2.351","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined the performance of farmers’ cooperatives in Dukku local government area of Gombe State, Nigeria. Simple random sampling techniques was used in selecting 72 respondents from the study area. Data was collected using questionnaire. Sixty-three (63) questionnaires were returned and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The result revealed that all the respondents were married, with majority (93.7%) being males. About 38.1% of the respondents fell within the age bracket of 41-50 and farming was their major occupation (77.8%), with 50.8% of the respondents having above 20 years’ experience in farming. The study further showed that 45 of the respondents, representing 71.4% identified ‘encouragement of self-help and cooperation’ as the major benefit they derived as a result of their membership in cooperatives. Socio-economic factors such as age, farm size and income were found to be significant (p˂0.05) factors influencing farmers’ access to cooperative loan. The study showed that ‘unavailability of loan to give out to members’ was the major constraint (88.9%) to loan accessibility by members of cooperatives. It was recommended that cooperative farmers be educated by extension workers on the need to pool the resources at their disposal and grant loans to members rather than wait for government loans.","PeriodicalId":346909,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122369565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The study examined access and usage of mass media among rice farmers in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria. It also identified the constraints to the usage of mass media tools among the farmers in the study area. Purposive random sampling methods were used to generate data from 138 respondents. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results indicated that the major mass media used by respondents were radio (86.2%), television (48.6%), Internet (48.6%), posters (46.4%), and leaflets (39.1%). The agricultural information medially accessed by the respondents from the mass media were credit facilities, marketing information, pests and diseases, fertilizer application, improved seeds, and improved storage facilities. The farmers identified a high need for agricultural information relating to credit, marketing, pests and diseases, fertilizer, improved seeds, and storage facilities. The high cost of mass media facilities, inadequate electricity, lack of local content, low level of education, lack of awareness of mass media use, and the inability of the farmers to access information from mass media were the major constraints faced by the respondents. The study recommended subsidizing the cost of media facilities, increasing access to electricity supply, creating awareness and skill of the farmers to take advantage provided by mass media tools for their farming benefits, and increasing the usage of other mass media outlets were made to enable the respondents to have full access/use of mass media to improve rice production.
{"title":"ASSESSMENT OF ACCESS AND USAGE OF MASS MEDIA AMONG RICE FARMERS IN TARABA STATE, NIGERIA","authors":"Usman Ibrahim","doi":"10.59331/njaat.v2i2.28","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59331/njaat.v2i2.28","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined access and usage of mass media among rice farmers in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, Nigeria. It also identified the constraints to the usage of mass media tools among the farmers in the study area. Purposive random sampling methods were used to generate data from 138 respondents. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results indicated that the major mass media used by respondents were radio (86.2%), television (48.6%), Internet (48.6%), posters (46.4%), and leaflets (39.1%). The agricultural information medially accessed by the respondents from the mass media were credit facilities, marketing information, pests and diseases, fertilizer application, improved seeds, and improved storage facilities. The farmers identified a high need for agricultural information relating to credit, marketing, pests and diseases, fertilizer, improved seeds, and storage facilities. The high cost of mass media facilities, inadequate electricity, lack of local content, low level of education, lack of awareness of mass media use, and the inability of the farmers to access information from mass media were the major constraints faced by the respondents. The study recommended subsidizing the cost of media facilities, increasing access to electricity supply, creating awareness and skill of the farmers to take advantage provided by mass media tools for their farming benefits, and increasing the usage of other mass media outlets were made to enable the respondents to have full access/use of mass media to improve rice production.","PeriodicalId":346909,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124519311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
HAMIDU BABANGIDA, Mohammed Sani Hussain, Mohammed Isiaka, Abdullahi, I. M., Joseph, M.
The study examined the consumers demand and preference for meat in Bauchi State. A multistage sampling technique was used to select five hundred and eighty-six households in the study area and data were collected through the use of structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the study revealed that, most (96.9%) of the household heads were male and married (89.8%) with about 35.7% of them having secondary education and 30.0% taken farming as their occupation. The study also revealed that, the mean monthly household head income and mean monthly expenditure on beef, mutton and chicken as N2,287.96, N1,946.04 and N1,734.44, respectively. It was further revealed that, households spend more on beef and least on chicken. The results of the regression analysis on the determinants of household demand for beef, mutton and chicken revealed that, household size, market locations, price of meat, household head monthly income and educational levels of the household head had a significant effect on meat demand in the study area. The result showed that, major constraints to meat consumption were financial problem, high cost of meat, health related problems, poor sanitary condition of meat vendors as well as high prices of other food items of necessities. Based on the result of this findings, it was therefore recommended that, federal/State governments should enhance economic boasting programmes to improve the income of consumers; there should be a concerted effort on the part of government and non-governmental bodies on measures of increasing animal feeds and feeding to boast animal production.
{"title":"ANALYSIS OF BEEF, MUTTON AND CHICKEN DEMAND IN BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA","authors":"HAMIDU BABANGIDA, Mohammed Sani Hussain, Mohammed Isiaka, Abdullahi, I. M., Joseph, M.","doi":"10.59331/njaat.v2i2.282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.59331/njaat.v2i2.282","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined the consumers demand and preference for meat in Bauchi State. A multistage sampling technique was used to select five hundred and eighty-six households in the study area and data were collected through the use of structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the study revealed that, most (96.9%) of the household heads were male and married (89.8%) with about 35.7% of them having secondary education and 30.0% taken farming as their occupation. The study also revealed that, the mean monthly household head income and mean monthly expenditure on beef, mutton and chicken as N2,287.96, N1,946.04 and N1,734.44, respectively. It was further revealed that, households spend more on beef and least on chicken. The results of the regression analysis on the determinants of household demand for beef, mutton and chicken revealed that, household size, market locations, price of meat, household head monthly income and educational levels of the household head had a significant effect on meat demand in the study area. The result showed that, major constraints to meat consumption were financial problem, high cost of meat, health related problems, poor sanitary condition of meat vendors as well as high prices of other food items of necessities. Based on the result of this findings, it was therefore recommended that, federal/State governments should enhance economic boasting programmes to improve the income of consumers; there should be a concerted effort on the part of government and non-governmental bodies on measures of increasing animal feeds and feeding to boast animal production.","PeriodicalId":346909,"journal":{"name":"Nigerian Journal of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131037965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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