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    Perception of Soil Fertility for Agricultural Sustainability among Peasant Farmers in Asa L.G.A. Kwara State,Nigeria
    (Department of Geography, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, 2020) Ajibade, Lanre Tajudeen , Agaja Toluwalope Mubo and Solomon OLasunkanmi
    The inability of farmers to follow through with appropriate soil fertility management can affect agricultural sustainability in the area which will in turn lead to food shortage. The importance of indigenous knowledge has been realized in the design and implementation of sustainable development projects; however, little has been done to incorporate this into formal soil fertility management strategies. The study was carried out to analyze the perception of soil fertility for agricultural sustainability among peasant formers in Asa local government area of Kwara State Nigeria. The specific objectives were to (1) determine the socio-economic characteristics of farmers in the study area; (2) identify farmers' indicators for soil fertility decline in the study area;/3) identify the indigenous knowledge system for soil fertility management employed by the farmers;(4) assess the impact of the application of indigenous knowledge system on formers yield and agricultural sustainability, and (5) examine the constraints to the use of indigenous knowledge system for soil fertility management. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 85 farmers for the study. Descriptive statistics were used to describe socioeconomic and institutional characteristics, indicators for fertility decline and management practices employed by the formers. Logit regression analysis was employed to analyze the socio-economic characteristics influencing the adoption of indigenous knowledge system for soil fertility management. The result revealed that 58. 8%of the farmers ore between the ages of 50-60 years which implies that most farmers in the study area ore still in their economically active age. Mixed cropping, application of orgonic manure, supplementation of orgonic fertilizer with inorganic fertilizers and crop residues were the frequently used indigenous methods of maintaining soil fertility in the study area. The impact of indigenous knowledge system for soil fertility management on the farmers yield was statistically significant of 1% level of probability. The result further reveal that there were various constraints that prevent farmers from practicing indigenous knowledge system for soil fertility management. The study recommends that for Indigenous knowledge System in soil fertility management to be preserved and transmitted to the younger generation, it must be practiced and be included in the education system as well as legislative policy thot con help to integrate into current social system.