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Socio-economic study of maize farmers under different production technologies in south west Nigeria.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Osundare, Foluso
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	This study compared the socio-economic characteristics of maize farmers under different production technologies. The socio-economic variables of study were age, level of education, farming experience and cropping system, farm size, levels of outputs and income, growing seasons observed and the available sources of production technologies. Data were collected from 311 maize farmers in South West Nigeria using multi stage random sampling techniques through the use of validated and pretested structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and ANOVA were used for data analysis.Results showed that the mean ages were 45.4,49.7 and 51.1 years for farmers using traditional technology ( TT) improved technololgy (IT) and Semi_improved technology (ST) respectively. The mean farm size were 0.7ha (TT), 2.63(IT) and 3.62ha (ST) while the mean values for maize output were 0.77tos/ha; 1.70tons/ha and 1.02 tons/ha for TT .IT and ST users respectively. The proportion of illiterates was highest(46.51%) among TT users. Also maize farmers under different production technologies differed in their socio-economic characteristics. The summary of ANOVA results showed that except in age, there were significant differences (at 5.0%) in the mean value of farm size, income and outputs of maize farmers using different production technologies.
Starting Page	1069
Ending Page	1080
Page Count	12
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Volume Number	9
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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