Analysis of adoption of improved rice production technologies in Jeer local government area of Borno state, Nigeria

The study analysed adoption of improved rice production technologies in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages were used to analyse the data. The study revealed that 98.12% of the respondents were male, 57.5% were within 41-50 y...

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Published inInternational journal of development and sustainability Vol. 1; no. 3; pp. 1112 - 1120
Main Authors Mustapha, S.B., Undiandeye, U.C., Sanusi, A.M., S. Bakari
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS) 01.12.2013
Subjects
Adoption
Borno State
Jere
Nigeria
Rice production technologies
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Summary:The study analysed adoption of improved rice production technologies in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages were used to analyse the data. The study revealed that 98.12% of the respondents were male, 57.5% were within 41-50 years and most (33.12%) of the respondents had adult education. The study revealed that majority (56.25%) of the respondents was aware of the rice production technologies in the study area. Majority of the respondents tried rice production technologies with respect to high yielding varieties (77.50%), early maturing varieties (69.37%), use of weedicides (93.75%), broadcasting method (55.00%), manual harvesting (75.00%) and bagging (63.75%). The study revealed that unavailability of fertilizer was the major (96.25%) constraint affecting the adoption of rice production technologies by respondents. The study recommends that extension services should be strengthened with necessary inputs for improved adoption of rice production technologies by respondents.
ISSN:2186-8662
2186-8662