Adoption of Snail Production Technologies by Farmers in Onicha Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Ume, S I; Onuh, N; Onunka, B N; Ucha, Samuel

doi:10.9734/ajaees/2016/17878

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“…This finding resonates with the result from the trend analysis of the FAO data (Figure 3) and agrees with the period the problem of acid rain was reported in the country and therefore in agreement with farmers' attribution of the problem to acid rain. This finding is in agreement with those of Ume et al [24] and Ukonze [25].…”

Section: Trends In Cocoyam Productionsupporting

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Nature and Extent of Air Pollution and Climate Change Related Stresses on Cocoyam Production in Nigeria

Mark Onuigbo,

Anthony Onyekuru,

Ifeyinwa Achike

et al. 2023

Global Warming - A Concerning Component of Climate Change [Working Title]

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There has been a dramatic decline in cocoyam production in Nigeria in recent years due to climate related stressors. We investigated the nature and extent of these impacts and the resilience building strategies used by cocoyam farmers in Nigeria. Data were collected from the farmers in 2010 and 2017 and from FAO statistical database. Results show a yield decline from 8mt/ha in 2005 to 4mt/ha in 2016, due to acid rain, causing bleaching of cocoyam leaves, die back, smaller tubers, early decay of the tubers and decline in the quality and taste of the tubers. Kinds of climate change impact include unusual early rains followed by weeks of dryness, delay onset of rain, long period of dry season, higher temperature, drought and high rate of disease incidence. Resilient building strategies adopted by the farmers were planting deeper or shallower, processing tubers, intensive manure application, multiple cropping and mixed farming.

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Section: Trends In Cocoyam Productionsupporting

confidence: 94%

Nature and Extent of Air Pollution and Climate Change Related Stresses on Cocoyam Production in Nigeria

Mark Onuigbo,

Anthony Onyekuru,

Ifeyinwa Achike

et al. 2023

Global Warming - A Concerning Component of Climate Change [Working Title]

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Resource use efficiency and factors influencing maize production in Kuje Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

ALABUJA

ANTHONY

EBUKİBA

2022

International Journal of Agriculture Environment and Food Sciences

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This study estimated resource-use efficiency and factors influencing maize production in Kuje Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to; determine the socioeconomic characteristics of maize farmers; analyse cost and returns associated with maize production; evaluate factors influencing the output of maize production; determine the resource-use efficiency of maize production and identify the constraints faced by farmers in maize production in the study area. Multistage sampling technique was employed to select 60 7sampled maize farmers in the study area. The following tools of analysis were used to achieve the specific objectives of the study. Descriptive statistics; Gross margin analysis; resource-use efficiency and Cobb Douglass production function. The results showed that majority, 75 percent, of the sampled respondents were male while 73.3 percent were married. From the results it can further be deduced that 48.3 percent of the sampled respondents attended secondary school and 31.7 percent attended tertiary institution while the rest stopped at primary school level or did not have any formal education. The results also indicated that about 55 percent of the sampled maize farmers had household size ranges within 6-10. 100 percent of the sampled respondents had no access to credit and 83.4 percent had no access to extension services. From the analysis of cost and returns associated with maize production in the study area, the total revenue (TR) realized on average was N1,269,152.69 and the average total variable cost (TVC) was N188,462.69, the gross margin obtained was N1,080,690. With this result we can say that maize production is profitable in the study area. The results of the resource-use-efficiency revealed that farm size, seed input and labour input were underutilized while fertilizer input and chemical input were over utilized by maize farmers. The results of the Cobb Douglass production function model revealed that the factors influencing total output of maize production in the Study area were farm size (P<0.1), labour (P<0.01), chemical (P<0.01) and Fertilizer P<0.05). The major constraints faced by maize farmers in the study area include; inadequate capital, lack of fertilizer and lack of extension agent. Therefore, the study recommends that maize farmers should be encouraged to join the farmers’ association, and supported with credit facilities. Government should supply inputs like agrochemical, fertilizer and improved seed varieties to maize farmers at a subsidized rate and at appropriate time and extension agents are to guide the farmers in the usage of these inputs while mechanize farming system should be encouraged by providing tractors to replace local farm implements. Good roads are essential in linking maize production areas with available markets around the study area.

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Adoption of Snail Production Technologies by Farmers in Onicha Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi State, Nigeria

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Nature and Extent of Air Pollution and Climate Change Related Stresses on Cocoyam Production in Nigeria

Nature and Extent of Air Pollution and Climate Change Related Stresses on Cocoyam Production in Nigeria

Resource use efficiency and factors influencing maize production in Kuje Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

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