| Autor: |
Nwaigwe, GO, Okoye, AC, Ekwe, KC, Nwankwo, IIM |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2014 |
| Zdroj: |
Nigeria Agricultural Journal; Vol 43 (2012) |
| ISSN: |
0300-368X |
| Popis: |
Sweet potato is among the most important root crops produced in the Ebonyi State of Nigeria. However, the production obtained in the area is below its genetic potential. The study was carried out in Ebonyi State, Nigeria in 2011. A multistage randomised sampling procedure was used for the analysis. Ten sweetpotato producers were selected from each of the 12 communities to give a total of one hundred and twenty respondents with the aid of well structuredquestionnaire. The data collected were analyzed with the use of descriptive statistics as well as Ordinary Least Square Regression procedure. The regression analysis results showed that the coefficients of age and household size were negatively signed and significant at 10% level of probability. The coefficients of gender, education and labour positively signed and significant at 5% level of probability as well as fertilizer use and annual income at 10% and 1% level respectively. All factors directly related to sweetpotato productivity call for policies aimed at increasing educational level, fertilizer and labour as well as encouraging male farmers to remain in sweetpotato farming. There is also the need for provision of value re-orientation in birth control measures.Keyword: Socio-Economics, Productivity and Sweetpotato. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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