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Rural women farmers participation in planning and implementation of agricultural practices in North Eastern Nigeria 尼日利亚东北部农村妇女农民参与农业实践的规划和实施

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-02-02 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v26i1.9

A. Umar, M. Norsida, Bahiah Mohd Haris Nur, H. K. Nitty

引用次数: 1

Extension-market linkages on banana commercialisation among smallholder farmers in Meru Region, Kenya 肯尼亚梅鲁地区小农香蕉商业化的推广与市场联系

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v26i1.3

F. K. Kirimi, C. Onyari, L. Njeru, H. Mogaka

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Benefits of the West Africa agricultural productivity programme on fisherfolks in Kainji Lake Basin, Nigeria 西非农业生产力方案对尼日利亚Kainji湖流域渔民的效益

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v26i1.1

S. Faleke, G. Nwabeze, Habeeb Lola Buhari

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Assessment of aquaculture development programmes in Nigeria 评估尼日利亚水产养殖发展方案

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v26i1.2

F. Issa, S. Aderinoye-Abdulwahab, J. Kagbu

引用次数: 1

Factors influencing inorganic fertilizer use among rice farmers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria 尼日利亚埃邦伊州稻农使用无机肥料的影响因素

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

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

{"title":"Factors influencing inorganic fertilizer use among rice farmers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria","authors":"J. Iwuchukwu, S. Obazi, P. Opata, M. C. Madukwe","doi":"10.4314/jae.v26i1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/jae.v26i1.4","url":null,"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.","PeriodicalId":43669,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Agricultural Extension","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47022652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Factors affecting use of information communication technologies among extension agents in North-East, Nigeria 影响尼日利亚东北部推广人员使用信息通信技术的因素

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v26i1.5

M. Sa’adu, M. Norsida, Arif Shah Jasmin, H. K. Nitty, A. Ahmadu

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引用次数: 3

Uptake of conservation agriculture technology through farmer field schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique 刚果民主共和国和莫桑比克农民田间学校采用保护性农业技术

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2022-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v26i1.6

I. Cipriano, Didy O. Onautsu, T. D. Tarassoum, I. I. Adejumobi, B. Bolakonga

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引用次数: 4

Determinants of inorganic fertilizer use by smallholder farmers in South Wollo and Oromia special administrative zones, Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚南沃罗和奥罗米亚特别行政区小农使用无机肥料的决定因素

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2021-11-15 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v25i4.11

Samuel Tadesse Adisalem, A. Dinku

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引用次数: 2

Factors influencing adoption of improved cultivars of macadamia (Macadamia spp.) among small-scale farmers in Embu County, Kenya 影响肯尼亚恩布县小农采用夏威夷果改良品种的因素

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2021-11-15 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v25i4.13

Moses Muchangi Njiru, Hezron Ruzungu Mogaka, S. N. Ndirangu, B. Gichimu

引用次数: 1

Adoption of banana (Musa spp) production technology among small-scale farmers in Embu West Sub-County, Kenya 在肯尼亚恩布西副县的小农中采用香蕉(Musa种)生产技术

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Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2021-11-15 DOI: 10.4314/jae.v25i4.12

Dominic Nthukuri Kathuri, S. N. Ndirangu, B. Gichimu

引用次数: 1