Utilization of Organomineral Fertilizer among Farmers in Afijio Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria
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2009
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Faculty of Agriculture, Nassarawa State University.
Abstract
The study examined the utilization of organomineral fertilizer among farmers in Afijio Local
Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. A random sampling technique was used to select 120
farmers from 4 communities in the study area. Frequency counts, percentages, and chi-square
were employed to analyze the data. The results of the study showed that majority (60.8%) of
the farmers were male, 46.7% married and 33.33% were above thirty years of age. 51.6%
were subsistence farmers with an annual income level of above N12,000.00. The study also
indicated that 50.8% of the farmers were aware of organomineral fertilizer only for up to 2
years while 44.2% were not aware at all. Of the 120 farmers, 51.7% had contact with
extension agents quarterly in a year out of which 30% had no formal education. The chisquare
value showed a significant relationship (p<0.05) between age, gender, marital status,
income level, farm size, educational level, farming experience of respondents and the level of
use of organomineral fertilizer. It was therefore recommended that extension agents should
increase their contact or visits to the farmers to create more awareness on the utilization of
organomineral fertilizer. Also the government should assist in improving on the education of
these farmers by introducing adult literacy programmes and giving the farmers enough access
to farmland in order to increase their annual farm income .
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Utilization, organomineral, fertilizer, farmers
Citation
Oladipo, F.O., Bolarin, O., Matanmi, B.M., Kareem, O.W. & Ogunmola, R.O. (2009): Utilisation of Organomineral Fertilizer among Farmers in Afijio Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria. A Journal of Production Agriculture and Technology (PAT), 5(1); 14-21.