Willingness to Adopt Organic Farming Practices among Arable Crop Farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria
Keywords:
Organic farming, arable crops, farmers, willingness, adoptionAbstract
Organic farming practices (OFP) are key components of sustainable agriculture. However, theadoption of OFP is not yet widespread. Therefore, this study examined the willingness to adoptOFP among arable crop farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria. A multi-stage and proportionatesampling technique was used to select 333 arable crop farmers with the aid of a structuredquestionnaire. Mean, percentages, Chi-square, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation ?0.05 were used to analyse the results. Fifty percent (50%) of the respondents had highknowledge, and 46.1% had a moderately favourable perception of OFP. The majority (71.5%)were willing to adopt OFP. Inadequate credit facilities (=1.79) and lack of access to organicinputs ( =1.57) were major barriers to adopting OFP. Farm size (r = -0.114), household size (r =-0.180), farmer’s knowledge (r = 0.128), and perception of OFP (r = 0.122) were significantlyrelated to farmers’ willingness to adopt OFP. Arable crop farmers were willing to adopt OFP.They should therefore be equipped with the requisite knowledge and skills through trainingprogrammes.References
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