The impact of COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown surpasses the health sector. A multi- disciplinary team of experts in agriculture including crop, livestock, economics and extension drew out a questionnaire on areas of impact, mitigation and constraints imposed by COVID-19 and accompanied lockdown. The survey was administered online to farmers in South-west, Nigeria. A total of 1,080 respondents from Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo and Lagos States (319, 225, 119, 213, 202 and 78, respectively) responded. Obtained data for this study were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency count, percentage, mean and standard deviation). The study revealed that COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown had a devastating impact on Agriculture/livestock activities and the value chain. Most of the respondents were married, active males (x=44 years) and livestock farmers. The respondents perceived that producer/farmers and marketers (64-66%) were profoundly affected while agro-processors and input/agrochemical merchants (53%) were moderately affected. Majority of the respondents agreed that the pandemic and lockdown changed agriculture with the threat to life and livelihoods (94.44%), with looming food/feed crises (92.96), increased cost of food/feed production (90.65%), economic loss (x WMS = 4.32), reduced quality food availability (x=4.18), increased income insecurity (x=4.18) and social vices (x=4.50) as a result of logistical (transportation/ movement) restrictions and border closures. Our study, therefore, suggests that there is a need for collaborative effort from the government and the stakeholders to strengthen the agricultural sector through finance to increase production and enhanced value chain. This will go a long way in achieving self- sufficiency in food and industrial raw materials post-COVID-19 period. L'impact de la pandémie et du confinement du COVID-19 dépasse le secteur de la santé. Une équipe multidisciplinaire d'experts en agriculture, y compris les cultures, le bétail, l'économie et la vulgarisation, a élaboré un questionnaire avec les domaines d'impact, Impact of COVID-19 public health containment measures (lockdown) d'atténuation et les contraintes imposées par COVID-19 et le confinement accompagné. L'enquête a été administrée en ligne aux agriculteurs du sud-ouest du Nigéria. Au total, 1 080 répondants des États d'Oyo, d'Osun, d'Ekiti, d'Ogun, d'Ondo et de Lagos (319, 225, 119, 213, 202 et 78, respectivement) ont répondu. Les données obtenues pour cette étude ont été analysées à l'aide de statistiques descriptives (nombre de fréquences, pourcentage, moyenne et écart-type). L'étude a révélé que la pandémie et le confinement du COVID-19 avaient un impact dévastateur sur les activités agricoles / de bétail et la chaîne de valeur. La plupart des répondants étaient mariés, des hommes actifs (= 44 ans) et des éleveurs. Les répondants ont perçu que les producteurs / agriculteurs et les commerçants (64-66%) étaient profondément affectés tandis que les agro-transformateurs et les commerçants d'intrants / agrochimiques (53%) étaient modérément affectés. La majorité des répondants ont convenu que la pandémie et le confinement ont changé l'agriculture avec une menace pour la vie et les moyens de subsistance (94.44%), avec des crises imminentes pour les denrées alimentaires et les aliments pour animaux (92.96), une augmentation du coût de la production de denrées alimentaires / aliments pour animaux (90.65%), des pertes économiques (x=4.32), une disponibilité alimentaire de qualité réduite (x= 4.18), une insécurité accrue des revenus (x= 4.18) et des vices sociaux (x= 4.50) en raison des restrictions logistiques (transport / mouvement) et des fermetures de frontières. Notre étude suggère donc qu'il est nécessaire de déployer des efforts de collaboration de la part du gouvernement et des parties prenantes pour renforcer le secteur agricole par le biais du financement afin d'augmenter la production et d'améliorer la chaîne de valeur. Cela contribuera grandement à atteindre l'autosuffisance en matières premières alimentaires et industrielles après la période COVID-19.
This study examined the utilization of soil fertility management practices (SFMPs) among arable crop farmers in Osun state, Nigeria. Multistage sampling was used to select 160 arable crop farmers. Data were collected using a well-structured interview schedule and analyzed using descriptive statistics and Person Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). The results revealed that the majority of the farmers are married males, mostly aged 51 years old, with an average farm size of 2.6ha, and mainly growing maize (96.9%), cassava (91.9%) and yam (68.1%). The respondents use cultural methods, synthetic fertilizers and organic manure in that order as SFMPs. SFMPs are used at the following levels: cultural methods: ridging across the slope with a weighted mean score (WMS) of 2.81, rotational cropping (WMS = 2.66) and mulching (WMS = 2.47); synthetic fertilizers: NPK (WMS = 1.75) and urea (WMS = 1.27); organic manure: poultry manure (WMS = 0.77) and animal dung (WMS = 0.76). The major source of information for SFMPs was radio (95.6%). PPMC analysis showed that age (r = 0.20*; p = 0.01) and farm size (r = 0.16*; p = 0.04) are significantly related to the utilisation of SFMPs. In conclusion, the respondents were small scale farmers who mostly utilize cultural methods of SFMPs and are mainly influenced by crop type as a function of age and farm size.
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