Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Socio-economic status of organic vegetable farmers in South West Nigeria 

Author(s):

Sijuwade Adebukola Adebayo, O. Idowu Oladele

Recieved Date: 2013-01-06, Accepted Date: 2013-04-20

Abstract:

Organic agriculture is a holistic production management system which promotes and enhances agro-ecosystem health, including biodiversity, biological cycles, and soil biological activity. Socio-economic characteristics of the farmer was assessed as well as comparison of adoption, attitude and knowledge on organic agriculture among farmers across the study areas in south west Nigeria. The data were obtained from 450 vegetable farmers adopting organic farming practices. ANOVA analysis was adopted to compare level of adoption, attitude and knowledge on organic agriculture among farmers across the states. The findings of the study reveal that majority of the respondents was male with age of  40-49 years and  married and house size was 6-10 members and farm size 0.5-3.4 acres. It was further revealed that majority of the respondents had secondary school as educational qualification, belonged to organization and had contact with extension agents, however, majority of the respondents never received any subsidy from the government. The ANOVA result showed that there are differences in attitude and knowledge level across the states but there is no significant difference in adoption level across the states. 

Keywords:

Organic vegetable farmers, socio-economics, comparison, ANOVA

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Journal: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
Year: 2013
Volume: 11
Issue: 2
Category: Agriculture
Pages: 397-402

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