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Farmers Adoption Of Improved Technology In Cassava Production And Processing In Peri-urban Areas Of Edo State
[A CASE STUDY OF IKPOBA OKHA AND OVIA NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS]
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1.3 Objectives of the Study
The
general objective is to determine farmer’s adoption of improved cassava
production technologies in peri-urban areas of Ikpoba Okha and Ovia
North East local government areas of Edo state.
The specific objectives of the study were to;
Determine the socio-economic characteristics of peri-urban cassava farmers in the study area
Assess cassava farmer’s awareness of improved production technologies in the study area
Ascertain the level of adoption of improved production technologies by cassava farmers in the study area
Identify the factors affecting technology adoption in of improved production technologies in the study area.
Identify the sources of information on new technologies in the study area
Determine the problems encountered by farmers in adopting new technologies in the study area
1.4 Hypothesis of the Study
There
is no significant relationship between the socio-economic
characteristics of cassava farmers in peri-urban areas and their
adoption level of improved production technology.
There is no
significant relationship between cassava farmers’ sources of information
on improved production technology and their adoption of these
technologies.
1.5Justification
Increasing cassava production
through the adoption of improved production technologies in peri urban
areas will not just help to attain a potential or reach a target, it
will improve the lives of people who live in the peri urban areas
through increased food production, higher incomes as well as those in
the surrounding urban areas by increasing the availability of cassava
products for consumption and as an industrial raw material, reduction in
the price of cassava products; this will be due to reduced transport
costs due to proximity as compared with those cassava products that are
transported from the rural areas. All these sum up to a reduction in
poverty and increasing levels of food security.
This study will
provide insight into the production processes of cassava farmers in
peri-urban areas, showing their level of adoption of improved
technologies from land clearing and tillage to harvesting, storage and
processing of cassava with the aim of determining their level of
adoption, factors and problems affecting their adoption of improved
cassava production technologies.
Knowledge of this would help Local,
State and Federal extension authorities, Agricultural development
projects (ADPs), Federal and State ministry’s of Agriculture,
communities and cooperatives develop policies that would aid in
resolving identified problems affecting cassava farmer’s adoption,
provide conducive conditions that encourage increased adoption levels of
improved cassava technologies in peri-urban areas and in the long run
increase cassava production in Nigeria.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study was aimed at determining farmer’s adoption of improved technology in cassava production and processing in peri-urban areas of Edo state using Ikpoba Okha and Ovia North East local government areas as case studies. Purposive sampling was used to select 6 wards from which simple random sampling was used to select each of 148 cassava farmers from the 6 wards. The data was analysed using frequency counts, percentages and Pearson’s correlation coefficient was used to test the ... Continue reading---
