Use of double-hurdle model to crop residues usage among farming households in Argungu Local Government Area, Kebbi State, Nigeria
Journal Title: Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
The objective of this research is to examine the crop residues use and its determinants in Argungu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, Nigeria. A cross sectional data from 120 households select-ed through a multistage and simple random sampling techniques. This research is timely given the fact that, Nigerian Government is now shifting emphasis from oil-based to agricultural diversified economy. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and double hurdle. Such an approach has never been previously been applied to analyze crop residue usage in the study area and the state at large. The descriptive statistics shows that, farmers preferred using crop residue for feeding (44.1%) than any other purpose. Other important and competing uses of crop residue in-cluded stall feeding, fire wood, house construction and mulching. The intensity of legume crop residue was positively and statistically influenced by household education, land ownership, exten-sion service and access to credit. However, the intensity to use cereal crop residues was positively influenced by household education, extension service and access to electricity (p-0.05). The study concludes crop residues were mainly used for own animal feeding in the area. Extension contact to farm families, socio-economic variable (educational attainment, access to credit) and quantity of crop residues influenced both the decision and intensity of CRs usage in the study area.
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M. S. M. Jabo
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