Factors influencing inorganic fertilizer use among rice farmers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria

IF 0.5 Q4 AGRONOMY

Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-02-01 DOI:10.4314/jae.v26i1.4

J. Iwuchukwu, S. Obazi, P. Opata, M. C. Madukwe

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Abstract

This study examined factors influencing inorganic fertilizer use among rice farmers in Ebonyi state, Nigeria. A total of 120 rice farmers were purposively selected and used for the study. Data were collected by use of interview schedule and analyses were conducted using frequency, percentage, mean score and regression. Results showed that the respondents applied mostly urea fertilizer (54.2%) usually once (55.8%) on rice farm using broadcast method (100%). The amount of fertilizer applied per hectare in rice farm was 85.63kg. Rice farmers’ inorganic fertilizer use were influenced by number of years spent in school, years of experience in rice production, total size of farm used for rice, total annual income earned from rice production and number of extension agent visit. Surprisingly, rice output (t =1.243; p≥0.05) had no significant influence with inorganic fertilizer use. Government through the ministry of agriculture should organize workshops and train farmers on inorganic fertilizer use so as to enhance adequate use. Also, government and other relevant stakeholders in agriculture should ensure that inorganic fertilizers are available, accessible and affordable to farmers at all time so that they could maximally utilize it in rice production.

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尼日利亚埃邦伊州稻农使用无机肥料的影响因素

本研究调查了影响尼日利亚埃邦伊州稻农使用无机肥料的因素。共有120名稻农被有意选择并用于研究。采用访谈表收集资料，采用频率、百分比、平均分和回归等方法进行分析。结果表明:稻田撒播施肥以尿素肥为主(54.2%)，仅施用一次(55.8%);稻田每公顷施肥量为85.63kg。水稻农户的无机肥料使用受到受教育年数、水稻生产经验年数、水稻种植农场总规模、水稻生产总收入和推广人员访问次数的影响。令人惊讶的是，水稻产量(t =1.243;P≥0.05)，无机肥料用量对其无显著影响。政府应通过农业部组织讲习班和培训农民使用无机肥料，以提高充分利用。此外，政府和农业领域的其他相关利益攸关方应确保农民在任何时候都能获得、获得和负担得起无机肥料，以便他们能够在水稻生产中最大限度地利用无机肥料。

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Journal of Agricultural Extension AGRONOMY-

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1.10

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25.00%

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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.