IMPACT OF PARTICIPATORY EXTENSION ACTIVITIES ON SESAME PRODUCTION IN RINGIM AND TAURA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF JIGAWA STATE

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dc.contributor.authorSABO, UMAR, USMAN
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-10T08:28:31Z
dc.date.available2014-03-10T08:28:31Z
dc.date.issued2005-09
dc.descriptionDEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, NIGERIA.en_US
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT The study was designed to assess the impact of participatory extension activities on sesame production in Ringim and Taura Local Government Areas of Jigawa State. Forty participating farmers were purposively selected while forty non-participating farmers were randomly selected from the list of sesame farmers. The two categories of farmers established result demonstration plots of 0.25 ha each from which primary data were collected. Secondary data were collected from JARDA, IAR/ABU, Zaria, SG2000, Agricultural Departments of the two LGAs and the Internet. The participating farmers used an average seed rate of 6 kg/ha while the nonparticipating farmers used an average of 16 kg/ha and they applied their inorganic fertilizer by side placement. The average yield of the participating farmers was 942 kg/ha while the non-participating farmers had average yield of 567 kg/ha. The Z-test analysis revealed that calculated Z = 13.38 which was greater than table value of 1.96 at 5 percent level of probability suggesting that there was significant difference between the production of the two categories of farmers. The results also revealed that overwhelming majority of the respondents faced the problem of lack of inorganic fertilizers during production. Finally, the study concluded that farmers production could be improved through participatory extension activities. Recommendations proffered for increased and sustainable production were that participatory extension activities should be encouraged in Jigawa State while timely supply of inorganic fertilizers to farmers at affordable prices should be encouraged and that campaign should be launched through radios and JARDA Media Unit to create awareness of the improved production technologies of sesame to farmers in Jigawa State.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3523
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectIMPACT,en_US
dc.subjectPARTICIPATORY,en_US
dc.subjectEXTENSION,en_US
dc.subjectACTIVITIES,en_US
dc.subjectSESAME,en_US
dc.subjectPRODUCTION,en_US
dc.subjectRINGIM,en_US
dc.subjectTAURA,en_US
dc.subjectLOCAL,en_US
dc.subjectGOVERNMENT,en_US
dc.subjectAREAS,en_US
dc.subjectJIGAWA,en_US
dc.subjectSTATE.en_US
dc.titleIMPACT OF PARTICIPATORY EXTENSION ACTIVITIES ON SESAME PRODUCTION IN RINGIM AND TAURA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF JIGAWA STATEen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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