ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR QUAIL PRODUCTION IN GWALE AND KANO MUNICIPAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KANO STATE, NIGERIA
ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR QUAIL PRODUCTION IN GWALE AND KANO MUNICIPAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KANO STATE, NIGERIA
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2016-02
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ALIYU, Muhammad Kabir
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The Studyassessed the adoption of recommended management practices for quail production in two selected Local Government Areas (Kano municipal and Gwale) of Kano state. Multi-stage samplingtechnique wasused to select 120respondentsfrom two districts each from the two local government areas.. BothDescriptive and Inferential statistics were used to analyze the data.The result of the analysis revealed that the mean age of the respondents was39 years, minimum primary level of education was found to be 37%, awareness and quail farming experiencewere significant in the adoption of recommended practicesforquail production in the study areas(72% and 75% respectively). The average rate of adoption for the recommended management practices for quail production in the study areas was 65%. The mean income of the respondents before and after adoption of recommended practices was found to be 2.18(N30, 000) and 3.37(N45, 000) respectively. The study therefore shows that adoption of recommended management practices for quail production has a significant impact on the farmer‘s income, production output and standard of living in the study areas.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL SOCIOLOGY FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, KADUNA STATE NIGERIA
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RECOMMENDED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, QUAIL PRODUCTION IN GWALE, KANO MUNICIPAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT, KANO STATE, NIGERIA