FACTORS INFLUENCING ACCEPTANCE OF FARMER EDUCATION AND IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION IN KWANAR ARE DAM – KATSINA STATE
Keywords:
Farmer Education, Irrigation Technology, Food Security, Rural PovertyAbstract
This study was aimed at analysing factors influencing acceptance and adoption of farmer education and irrigation technology for sustainable food production as a means of ensuring food security in rural settlement of Katsina State – Nigeria. It provided insight on the underlying socio-economic factors influencing farmer’s decision to adopt education and irrigation technologies in the study area. A structured questionnaire was administered for selected farmers. Results obtained revealed that 94% of farmers were small holders with low level of education indicating that farming in the study area is highly dominated by traditional farming system that results in lower yields. It also indicates 87% of farmers were within the economic active age of 20 – 50 years. Farming experience, fragmented land holdings and poor extension services were directly related to the acceptance farmer education and adoption of irrigation technologies. The study concluded that training and educating small-scale small scale farmers that form the bulk of farming community in Nigeria are viable solutions to securing household food security, diversification of source of income and reducing rural poverty
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
FUDMA Journal of Sciences
How to Cite
Most read articles by the same author(s)
- Aminu Saleh, A. B Fashina, F. B. Akande, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF GROUNDNUT DECORTICATOR , FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES: Vol. 6 No. 1 (2022): FUDMA Journal of Sciences - Vol. 6 No. 1
- S. Alhassan, Aminu Saleh, U. S. Mohammed, MODIFICATION AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN IMPORTED THREE-ROW ANIMAL-DRAWN MAIZE PLANTER FOR PLANTING SOYBEANS , FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES: Vol. 7 No. 2 (2023): FUDMA Journal of Sciences - Vol. 7 No. 2
- K. Ahmed, U. S. Mohammed, Aminu Saleh, A. Zakariyah, I. Abubakar, H. K. Ali, DEVELOPMENT OF A FOUR-ROW-ANIMAL-DRAWN PRECISION MAIZE PLANTER , FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES: Vol. 5 No. 4 (2021): FUDMA Journal of Sciences - Vol. 5 No. 4
- K. Ahmed, Aminu Saleh, A. D. Musa, G. Kalu, DETERMINATION OF SELECTED PARAMETERS THAT INFLUENCE PLANTING SPACE UNIFORMITY ON MAIZE SEED , FUDMA JOURNAL OF SCIENCES: Vol. 7 No. 2 (2023): FUDMA Journal of Sciences - Vol. 7 No. 2