The influence of socio-economic factors on uptake of rhizobia inoculant technology in the northern region

Abstract

The agricultural sector faces a challenge of poor soil fertility and food insecurity in Africa,1 with high cost of inorganic fertilizer2 and poor economic status of most smallholder farmers. Farmers in Africa are unable to inorganic fertility, agricultural research have developed rhizobia inoculants as a cost effective substitute of improving low soil fertility,3 as well as boosting yield of soybeans.4