Willingness to Adopt Organic Farming Practices among Arable Crop Farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria

IF 0.5 Q4 AGRONOMY

Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI:10.4314/jae.v27i3.5

Omebere Winifred Okonta, Abiodun Oladayo Ajala, Ebenezer Ayorinde Kolawole, Sunday Idowu Ogunjimi, Adewale Adisa Adejumo

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Abstract

Organic farming practices (OFP) are key components of sustainable agriculture. However, the adoption of OFP is not yet widespread. Therefore, this study examined the willingness to adopt OFP among arable crop farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria. A multi-stage and proportionate sampling technique was used to select 333 arable crop farmers with the aid of a structured questionnaire. Mean, percentages, Chi-square, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation α 0.05 were used to analyse the results. Fifty percent (50%) of the respondents had high knowledge, and 46.1% had a moderately favourable perception of OFP. The majority (71.5%) were willing to adopt OFP. Inadequate credit facilities ( ˉx=1.79) and lack of access to organic inputs ( ˉx =1.57) were major barriers to adopting OFP. Farm size (r = -0.114), household size (r = -0.180), farmer’s knowledge (r = 0.128), and perception of OFP (r = 0.122) were significantly related to farmers’ willingness to adopt OFP. Arable crop farmers were willing to adopt OFP. They should therefore be equipped with the requisite knowledge and skills through training programmes.

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尼日利亚奥约州耕地农民采用有机耕作方式的意愿

有机农业实践是可持续农业的关键组成部分。然而，OFP的采用尚未广泛。因此，本研究考察了尼日利亚奥约州耕地农民采用OFP的意愿。采用多阶段比例抽样方法，采用结构化问卷对333名耕地农户进行抽样调查。采用均值、百分比、卡方和Pearson积差相关α 0.05对结果进行分析。百分之五十(50%)的受访者对OFP有较高的认识，46.1%的受访者对OFP有中等的好感。大多数受访者(71.5%)表示愿意采用OFP。信贷设施不足(x=1.79)和缺乏有机投入(x= 1.57)是采用OFP的主要障碍。农场规模(r = -0.114)、家庭规模(r = -0.180)、农户知识(r = 0.128)和农户对OFP的认知(r = 0.122)与农户采用OFP的意愿显著相关。耕地农民愿意采用OFP。因此，应通过培训方案使他们具备必要的知识和技能。

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Journal of Agricultural Extension AGRONOMY-

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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.