Factors Influencing Adoption of Chemical Pest Control in Cowpea production among Rural Farmers in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria
Keywords:
Adoption, Chemical Pest control, Cowpeas production, Food security, Poverty reductionAbstract
This study examines the factors influencing the adoption of chemical pest control in cowpeas production in MakarfiLocal Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Data were collected using stratified random sampling method from 61 farmers adopting chemical pest control and 79 non- adopters making up a total of 140 respondents. A Probit analysis was used to ascertain factors influencing farmers' adoption of chemical pest control while the t-test was used to determine whether there is statistical significant difference between the productivity of adopters and non-adopters to enable us draw inference on the foodsecurity andpoverty reduction ability of the chemicalpest control practice. The results reveals that the adoption of chemical pest control in cowpeas production is influenced by farmers' age, marital status, educational qualification, thedesires farmers forhigheryields and the contact with extension activities. The results also helpedto establish that chemicalpest controlcouldhelp the farmers inmakingsure that higher yields are obtained from cowpeasproduction thus helping the rural farmers to become food secured since cowpeas are very goodprotein rich food. Moreover, the result the yields from adopters has shown that the practice couldhelp farmers realizemarketable surplus that willlead to higherincome generation thereby reducingpoverty among the ruralfarmers.References
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Havens, A.E. and Flinn, W.L., (1976). Green revolution technology and community
development: the limits of action programs. Econ. Dev. Cult. Change, 23: 469-481.
Heckman, J.J. (1976). “The Common Structure of Statistical Models of Truncation, Sample Selection and Limited Dependent Variables and a Simpler Estimator for suchModels.†Annals of Economic and
SocialMeasurement 5: 475-49 Hooks, G. M., Napier, T. L. and Carter, M.V., (1983). Correlates of adoption behaviours: the case of farm technologies. RuralSociol., 48: 308-323. Kebede, Y., Kunjal, K. and Goffin, G. (1990). Adoption of new technologies in Ethiopian agriculture: The case of
Tegulet-Bulga Distric, Shoa Province. Agricultural. Economics. 4: 27-43.
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Kowal and Kassam (1987). Agricultural Ecology of Savanna: ASurvey of WestAfrica. Oxford University Press.
Lynne, G. D., Shonkwiler, J.S. and Rola, L.R., (1988). Attitudes and farmer conservation
behaviour. Am. J. Agric. Econs., 70: 12-19.
Maddala, G.S. (1983). Limited-Dependent and Qualitative Variables in Econometrics. Cambridge University Press, New York.
Nerlove, M. and Press, S.J. (1973). Univariate and Multivariate log linear and logistic models. Rand-1306- EA/NIH, Santa Monica, pp. 15-42.
Norris, PE. and Jansen, H.G.P., (1987). Virginia farmers' soil conservation decisions: An application of Tobit analysis. South. J. Agric. Econs., 19: 79-89.
Nowak, P.J., (1987). The adoption of agricultural conservation technologies: economic and diffusion explanations. RuralSocial. 52: 208-220.
Ogunfiditimi, T. O. (1981). Adoption of improved Farm practices; Achoice under uncertainty.IndianJournalofExtensionEducationVol.xvill. nos. 1&2.
Ogunfiditimi, T. O (1987). Adopters: why they discontinued use of previously adopted innovations. Journal of Development Vol. 2 Nos 3 &of4DPepv6e4lo-6p8m.ents
Rahm, M.R. and Huffman, W.E. (1984). The adoption of reduced tillage: the role of human capital and other variables. Am. J. Agric. Econs. pp. 405-413.
Rogers, E.M. (1962). Diffusion ofInnovations. Free Press, Glencoe, IL.
Schmidt, P. and Strauss, R.P. (1975). The prediction of occupation using multiple logitmodels. Int. Econ. Rev. 16: 471-486.
Shakya, P.B. and Flinn, J.C. (1985). Adoption of modern varieties and fertilizer use on rice in the Eastern Tarrai ofNepal. Agric. Econs. 36: 409-419
Yap, L.S. and Mayfield, R.C., (1978). Non-adoption of innovations: evidence from discriminant analysis. Econ. Geogr. 54: 145-156.
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Omolehin, R. I., Ogunfiditimi, T. O., & Adeniji, O. B. (2007). Factors Influencing Adoption of Chemical Pest Control in Cowpea production among Rural Farmers in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Extension, 10. Retrieved from https://journal.aesonnigeria.org/index.php/jae/article/view/289
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