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 w...

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Published in:Journal of agricultural extension 2016-12, Vol.20 (2)
Main Authors: Abdullahi Alhaji Jamilu, K. T Atala, G J Akpoko, A S Sanni, K S Haruna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adoption level
IFAD-CBARDP
Smallholder Farmers
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Summary: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. 
ISSN:1119-944X
2408-6851