ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION PRACTICES AMONG FARMERS IN SHAKI AGRICULTURAL ZONE OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA

§ LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OGBOMOSO, OYO STATE NIGERIA LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OGBOMOSO, ...

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Abstract

This study investigated sustainable crop production practices used by farmers in Shaki Agricultural Zone of Oyo State. Structured interview schedule was used to elicit information from one hundred and forty four (144) crop farmers were selected through multistage sampling method .Data collected revealed that sustainable crop production practices used in the study area included crop rotation, mixed cropping, mulching and planting of cover crop. The study further revealed factors that influenced use of sustainable crop production practices included excessive use of farmland (68.1%), visibility of the practice (67.4%), high population pressure (66.0%), more farmland fragmentation (65.3%), high relative advantage and limited arable land (64.0%)and environmental -friendliness of the practice (62.5%) . There were constraints that hindered the use of sustainable crop production practices in the area;, such included long term process (83.3%), effects on the soil (73.4%), labour intensiveness (69.4%), vulnerability of the land to erosion (68.8%), high rate of weed emergence (64.6%) and competition between crops for light, water and nutrient (62.5%) The study also established that sex, age, household size, land acquisition method, crop yield and years of farming experience were the significant determinants affecting the use of sustainable crop production practices.

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Dr. AYANWUYI, E. 1970. "ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION PRACTICES AMONG FARMERS IN SHAKI AGRICULTURAL ZONE OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA". Global Journal of Human-Social Science GJHSS Volume 10 (GJHSS Volume 10 Issue 6).

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