Oyo and Kaduna States maize farmers’ perception of selected agricultural policies in Nigeria

IF 0.5 Q4 AGRONOMY

Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2023-10-20 DOI:10.4314/jae.v27i4.1

Benjamin Olusegun Oyelami, Iredele Ogunbayo, Effa Enya, Peace Aburime, Adegbenga Adekoya, Oreoluwa Akano, Uyiosa Genesis Osadebamwen

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Abstract

This study examined the awareness and perception of agricultural policies by maize farmers in Oyo and Kaduna States of Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select 424 respondents: 210 farmers from Oyo and 214 farmers from Kaduna, from whom data were collected using questionnaires administered through a phone poll. Mean, frequency and inferential statistics such as Chi-square, Spearman Rho, and Pearson Correlation were used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that farmers in Oyo (67.6%) and Kaduna (68.7%) States were aware of the ban on maize importation. Moreover, farmers in Kaduna were more aware (63.1%) of the Growth Enhancement Support Scheme than those in Oyo (48.1%). Most farmers in Oyo and Kaduna States had a favourable perception of the ban on maize importation. Farmers in Kaduna had a better perception of the Anchor Borrowers’ Program and Growth Enhancement Support Scheme than their Oyo counterparts. The study recommends that Agricultural policies in Nigeria should be co-created with farmers and decentralised to have holistic and encompassing policies workable nationwide.

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奥约州和卡杜纳州玉米农民对尼日利亚选定农业政策的看法

本研究调查了尼日利亚奥约州和卡杜纳州种植玉米的农民对农业政策的认识和看法。采用多阶段抽样程序选择了424名受访者:来自Oyo的210名农民和来自卡杜纳的214名农民，通过电话调查问卷收集了他们的数据。使用均值统计、频率统计和推理统计，如卡方统计、斯皮尔曼统计和皮尔逊相关来分析数据。调查结果显示，Oyo州(67.6%)和Kaduna州(68.7%)的农民知道玉米进口禁令。此外，卡杜纳的农民(63.1%)比Oyo的农民(48.1%)更了解增长促进支持计划。奥约州和卡杜纳州的大多数农民对玉米进口禁令持赞成态度。卡杜纳的农民比他们的Oyo同行对锚定借款人计划和增长促进支持计划有更好的认识。该研究建议，尼日利亚的农业政策应该与农民共同制定，并进行权力下放，使整体和包容性的政策在全国范围内可行。

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Journal of Agricultural Extension AGRONOMY-

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1.10

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Agricultural Extension (JAE) is devoted to the advancement of knowledge of agricultural extension services and practice through the publication of original and empirically based research, focusing on; extension administration and supervision, programme planning, monitoring and evaluation, diffusion and adoption of innovations; extension communication models and strategies; extension research and methodological issues; nutrition extension; extension youth programme; women-in-agriculture; extension, Climate Change and the environment, ICT, innovation systems. JAE will normally not publish articles based on research covering very small geographic area that cannot feed into policy except they present critical insights into emerging agricultural innovations.