Correlate between Intensity of Training on Usage of Herbicide and Socio-economic Characteristics of Farmers in Ogbomoso Agricultural Zone

Abstract

This study evaluated correlate between intensity of training on usage of herbicide and socio-economic characteristics of farmers in Ogbomoso agricultural zone. Multistage sampling procedure was employed for this study. The first stage involved random selection of two Local Government Areas from Ogbomoso agricultural zone. The next stage was random selection of two villages from each Local Government Areas. The next stage involved random selection of 30 respondents from each village. A total of 120 respondents were interviewed in this study. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics.

            The mean age of the farmers was 34.33 years. The respondents whose monthly income were within N30,000.01 to  N 40, 000.00 and >N50, 000 were 8.34% and 8.33% respectively. The mean farm size was 3.06 acres. The mean farming experience of the respondents was 10.15 years. The farmers who attended training on usage of herbicides of the respondents once were 67.50%. years of farming  experience was positive and significant at 10% level of significance.

It was concluded that there was poor intensity of training on usage of herbicides of the respondents and high farming  experience as the likelihood to increase their training intensity on  herbicide usage. Therefore, better incentives should be given to highly experienced farmers than the non-experienced ones. This is because highly experienced farmers will likely have better output than their inexperienced counterparts.