School of Agricultural Management and Extension Technology (SAMET)
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Item Effect of Climate Smart Agriculture on Food Security Status of Arable Crops Farmers in Niger State, Nigeria(International Journal of Novel Research and Development (IJNRD), 9(6), 2024) Mohammad, H.U.; Shuaibu, U.; Abdullahi, A.; Mohammed, I.N.The study was conducted to examined the effect of climate smart agriculture on food security status of arable crops farmers in Niger state, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 150 respondents for the study. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, percentage, frequency distribution and inferential statistics such as ordered probit regression F-G-T Model and binary probit regression. The study revealed that majority of the arable crop farmers in the study area had average age of 48 years and married with an average household size of 6 persons. Furthermore, most of the respondents had formal education, with an average of 8 years of formal education, less than average had access to extension services and while membership of cooperative was low. The study also revealed that rotational grazing (𝑋̅ =7.09), planting of cover crops (𝑋̅ =6.76), planting of drought resistance varieties (𝑋̅ =6.57), use of compost and mulch (𝑋̅ =6.54) and capturing and storing water (𝑋̅ =6.35) were the water management strategies CSA adopted. Also, the use of green manure (𝑋̅ =3.32), no-till or zero tillage practice (𝑋̅ =3.16) and agro-forestry (𝑋̅ =3.04) were the conservative CSA strategies adopted. Similarly, the soil and land management CSA strategies adopted include; afforestation (𝑋̅ =6.28), ploughing land in direct direction (𝑋̅ =5.94), crop rotation (𝑋̅ =5.91) and shifting cultivation (𝑋̅ =5.94). the result also shows that level of education, complexity of CSA, access to government support, family labour, relative advantage of CSA and compatibility of CSA were the significant factors influencing adoption of climate smart agricultural technologies in the study area. Furthermore, the result shows that more than half (52.1%) of the arable farmers were food secure. Hence it was recommended that the arable farmers should be encouraged to sustain adoption different CSA practices to enhanced their agricultural productivity.Item Factors Affecting Intention to Adopt Urban Farming among Households in Niger State, Nigeria(International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews, 5(11), 2024) Jibrin, S.; Abdullahi, A.; Muhammad, H.U.; Shehu, M.; Shuaibu, U.; Yahya, M.GThe aim of this research is to access the factors affecting intention to adopt urban farming among household in zone 2 of Niger state, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 104 farming households as respondents for the study. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, percentage, frequency distribution and inferential statistics such as ordered logit regression. The result in this research indicates that majority of the respondent are still in their youthful years (30 to 40) and most of them are male. Majority of them have been practicing urban farming for not more than 10years, 80% of them have at least a secondary education. Their major occupation is farming and 74% of the respondents are married. The types of urban farming indicated by the farming households were poultry production (96.2%) and crop production (90.0%) which are also the most adopted urban farming practices in the study area respectively. The result of the ordered logit regression shows that the prob>chi2 is significant at 1% level of probability indicating a relatively good fit for the ordered logit regression model. However, age, level of education, farming experience, cooperative society, credit received, and farm size were the significant factors affecting intention to adopt urban farming practices in the study area. Inadequate land, low access to credit and high cost of medication were the predominant constraints associated with adoption of urban farming practices among the farming households in the study area. The study recommended that government should develop financial products and services tailored to urban farmers, such as microloans or grants. Establish partnerships with financial institutions to provide affordable credit options and financial literacy programs for farmers.Item An Assessment of the Factors Influencing Maize Farmers’ Perception and Adoption of Organic Farming Practices in Niger State, Nigeria(Journal of Animal and Plant Research, 1(3), 2024) Abdullahi, A.; Shuaibu, U.This study used Heckman's analytical method to evaluate the impact on corn farmers' perception and adoption of organic farming practices. A multi-stage method was used to select 222 breeders and data collected from a semi-structured survey were analyzed using descriptive statistics (such as frequency, percentage, mean) and Hackman's two-stage selection model. The results showed that farmers in the study area were mostly male (70.3%), educated (62.6%), and had an average age of 35.8 years. Additionally, the fact that the majority of farmers were in favor of organic agriculture resulted in the approval of eight (8) of the 15 agreements in the region. Practices applied are: return of straw to the field (83.8%), mixing (79.7%), mixed tillage (73.0%), hoeing/reduced tillage (66.2%), hoeing/hand weeding (61.3%) and crop rotation (61.3%). 59.9%, slash and burn plants (54.1%) and farm manure (53.2%). The results of Heckman's two-stage analysis show evidence of sample selection problems where rho is different from zero, while lambda and efficiency (Wald chi2 = 40.51) are significant at 10% and 1% respectively. From the selection model, farmers' views on the use of traditional methods are positively influenced by socio-economic factors such as age, education, agriculture, access to extension services, similar benefits and income, while gender and family size are associated with understanding. In the outcome (adoption) model, the results showed that agricultural education and livestock production increased, with small farmers more likely to adopt organic farming than large farmers. Therefore, the culture of maize farmers in Niger is neutral and mostly influenced by the culture of the farmers. Therefore, it is recommended that agricultural suppliers provide sufficient amounts of organic material to corn producers and extension organizations that will train farmers regularlyItem An Appraisal of Farmers’ Knowledge Level on Information and Communication Technologies Utilization in Niger State, Nigeria(Journal of Animal and Plant Research, Vol. 01, Issue, 03, 2024) Shuaibu, U.; Abdullahi, A.The use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in sharing information is very important in disseminating of agricultural information in Nigeria. Therefore, this study examined farmer’s knowledge level on utilization of ICT tools for farming in Niger state, Nigeria. A ordered logit model and descriptive statistics were used to examine the data that were gathered from 135 respondents. The findings showed that the majority of respondents (86.7%) had a good level of education, had an average age of 30, and had an average of 11 years of experience producing food crops. However data analysis reveals that mobile phone (97.8%) ranked first in terms of types of ICTs equipment used by the farmers while, fixed telephone (32.6%) was the least. Farmers also had moderate (61.5%) knowledge level on ICTs equipment. The ordered Logit regression analysis indicates that the following variables were found to be important determinants of farmers' knowledge level about the use of ICTs equipment in crop production: age, gender, marital status, compatibility, relative advantage, educational level, and farming experience. Therefore, it was suggested that an ICT training program be set up or arranged to educate farmers about the benefits of utilizing ICT technology in their farming operations