Determinants of Farmer’s Attitude to Plant Agro-forestry Trees in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Olagunju, O. E.; Ariyo, O. C.; Emeghara, U. U.; Olagunju, Olatunji; Olafemi, S. O.

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“…Islam et al (2021) also reported that 76.25% and 68.7% of their respondents, a group of farmers in the Coastal Belt of Sundarbans, Bangladesh, affirmed that they liked agroforestry and held a favourable attitude towards agroforestry respectively. However, Olagunju et al (2020) reported that only 41% of their respondents, a group of farmers in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, held favourable attitudes towards agroforestry. Borremans et al (2016) also reported that only 55% of the farmers they studied in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium were conversant with agroforestry.…”

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Agroforestry is strategic in reconciling food production with forest biodiversity conservation. The methodical investigation of the beneficial and ecological imperativeness that informs smallholder farmers' commitment to agroforestry is called for. This work is therefore an attempt to examine the relative importance of farmers' attitudes towards forest loss and perceived benefits of agroforestry in farmers' commitment to agroforestry among a group of farmers in Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria. The study is a cross-sectional survey that featured the interview administration of 400 structured questionnaires among crop farmers that were selected through clustered purposive sampling. Respondent's agreement with sets of relevant statements was elicited and used in the assessment of variables. Independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to examine the significance of the difference in respondents' commitment to agroforestry across sub-groups of gender and age/education respectively. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to examine the relationship between variables. Results indicate that 57.8% exhibited a 'high' commitment to agroforestry. Gender, age and education had main effects on commitment (p < 0.05). There is no significant relationship between attitude towards forest loss and commitment to agroforestry (r = 0.038, p > 0.05) but not perceived benefits (r = 0.426, p < 0.05). Being male, middle-aged and poorly educated are significantly more predisposing to exhibiting lower commitment to agroforestry. There is hardly an ecological or forest restoration motivation for agroforestry in the study area. Ecologically smart agriculture or the restorative importance of agroforestry appears to be poorly entrenched among farmers in the study area.

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“…fencing of trees against animals (30%), Lack of capital (7.5%) to pay for labour. These findings are consisted with Olagunju, Ariyo, Emeghara, Olagunju, and Olafemi (2020) who found that inadequate finance, pest and disease, watering problem and complexity in management were the major barriers to the adoption of agroforestry. The least among these barriers include infertility of the soil (2.5%) which affects the growth of trees, lack of labour (2.5%), pest and disease and strong wind (2.5%).…”

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Barriers to the Adoption of Climate Smart Agricultural Practices in the Dryland of Northern Nigeria

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2022

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The study assessed the different barriers that limit the adoption of climate smart agricultural practices. Farmers view on the different barriers that limit the adoption of CSAPs is an important step of determining any action to be taken to reduce the negative effects of extreme weather events. Data for the study were collected through focus group discussion and interview that was administered on 220 smallholder farmers using availability sampling procedure. The data were analyzed using frequencies, percentage and charts. The finding revealed that barriers to CSAPs adoption has been found to be an endemic problem in the drylands of northern Nigeria with poor access to fertilizer, unavailability of extension workers, inadequate capital, unavailability of equipment among others all militating against the ability of the rural dwellers to effectively take up various innovation. Some of the recommendations made that since capital constraint has been the headache of most rural farmers, therefore stakeholders should strategize on how to promote the adoptions of CSAPs in capital constraints farm household. Farmers are also encourage to form cooperative societies to enable them have access to credit facilities and other inputs needed for effective adoption of the practices

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“…Islam et al (2021) also reported that 76.25% and 68.7% of their respondents, a group of farmers in the Coastal Belt of Sundarbans, Bangladesh, affirmed that they liked agroforestry and held a favourable attitude towards it, respectively. However, Olagunju et al (2020) reported that only 41% of their respondents, a group of farmers in Kaduna state, northern Nigeria, held favourable attitudes towards agroforestry. Borremans et al (2016) also reported that only 55% of the farmers they studied in Flanders, the northern region of Belgium, were familiar with agroforestry.…”

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Understanding commitment to agroforestry a crosssectional study among a sample of Nigerian farmers

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Agroforestry is strategic in reconciling food production with forest biodiversity conservation. The methodical investigation of the beneficial and ecological imperativeness that informs smallholder farmers’ commitment to agroforestry is called for. This work is therefore an attempt to examine the relative importance of farmers' attitudes towards forest loss and perceived benefits of agroforestry in farmers' commitment to agroforestry among a group of farmers in Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria. The study is a cross-sectional survey that featured the interview administration of 400 structured questionnaires among crop farmers that were selected through clustered purposive sampling. Respondent’s agreement with sets of relevant statements was elicited and used in the assessment of variables. Independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA were used to examine the significance of the difference in respondents’ commitment to agroforestry across sub-groups of gender and age/education respectively. The Pearson correlation coefficient was used to examine the relationship between variables. Results indicate that 57.8% exhibited a 'high' commitment to agroforestry. Gender, age and education had main effects on commitment (p < 0.05). There is no significant relationship between attitude towards forest loss and commitment to agroforestry (r = 0.038, p > 0.05) but not perceived benefits (r = 0.426, p < 0.05). Being male, middle-aged and poorly educated are significantly more predisposing to exhibiting lower commitment to agroforestry. There is hardly an ecological or forest restoration motivation for agroforestry in the study area. Ecologically smart agriculture or the restorative importance of agroforestry appears to be poorly entrenched among farmers in the study area.

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Determinants of Farmer’s Attitude to Plant Agro-forestry Trees in Kaduna State, Nigeria

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