Evaluation of the Utilization Level of Improved Rubber Management Practices among Farm Settlers in Edo and Delta States

Otene, Funmilayo Gladys; Obinne, C. P. O.; Egwumah, PO

doi:10.1080/09766898.2011.11884668

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“…Pest control measure with a mean score of (2.47) was amongst the areas identified by the farmers for extension services. This agrees with the findings of Otene et al (2011), who reported that only few of the respondents made use of chemicals (for example, pesticide) in their plantation. Most of the farmers complained of termite and ant infestation in their plantations, but they do not have chemicals to treat them and the result is the death of the rubber trees and low yield, hence the need for extension services in this area.…”

Section: Perceived Extension Needs Of Rubber Production Farmerssupporting

confidence: 92%

“…The constraint of fire outbreaks on plantation (2.63) could be attributed to wild fires around plantations and also the inability of farmers to adopt fire tracing systems. This agrees with the findings of Otene et al (2011), which showed that majority of the respondents do not practice thinning and fire tracing respectively as a result of inadequate labour, and rubber farming is labour-intensive which when attacked by fire could lead to complete death of the trees and the result is low yield.…”

Section: Constraints To Rubber Productionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…This could explain the need for more extension delivery in these areas. Furthermore, the use of clean coagulating pan with a mean score of (2.52) was one of the areas that farmers indicated the need for extension services and this agrees with the findings of Otene et al (2011) that few of the respondents practice cleaning of latex cup before tapping and coagulation pans. It is imperative that latex from tree obtained by means of tapping, collection and bulking of coagula as well as materials used for such operations, are hygienically free from contaminations enunciated by Giroh et al (2006).…”

Section: Perceived Extension Needs Of Rubber Production Farmerssupporting

confidence: 87%

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Perceived extension needs of rubber production among farmers in Delta State, Nigeria

Adebayo¹,

Ogunlade²,

Ede³

2020

Agro-Sci.

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The need to develop a sustainable exploitation system for the Nigerian rubber farmers requires that extension services should be available to assist the farmers in specific areas that can help them function effectively and improve productivity. The study investigated the perceived extension needs of rubber production farmers in Delta state Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to determine sources of information on rubber production, varieties of rubber clones cultivated by the respondents, perceived extension needs of rubber farmers, and constraints to rubber production. A multi stage sampling technique was used to select 120 rubber farmers as respondents for the study. Data were analysed using frequency, percentages, means and Pearson Product Moment correlation analysis. Results showed that majority of the respondents (85.5%) were male, married (83.3%) and had average farming experience of 14 years. The NIG801 and NIG800 varieties were the local clones majorly cultivated and the GT1 and PB217 varieties were the exotic clones majorly cultivated. Findings also showed that respondents need production information on use of formic acid for latex coagulation (66.7%), use of ammonia for latex preservation (73.3%) and marketing information (60.8%). The constraintsindicated by the respondents were problem of land tenure (81.7%), lack of adequate credit facilities (70%), fire outbreaks (72.5%) among others. The result of the hypothesis showed that age (r = 0.199) had a positive significant relationship with farmers’ extension needs. It was recommended that extension personnel should be trained on techniques of rubber production in order to deliver effectively to the farmers. Key words: extension needs, rubber, farmers, Delta, Nigeria

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Section: Perceived Extension Needs Of Rubber Production Farmerssupporting

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Section: Constraints To Rubber Productionsupporting

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Perceived extension needs of rubber production among farmers in Delta State, Nigeria

Adebayo¹,

Ogunlade²,

Ede³

2020

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“…A typical plantation has about 350-500 trees/ha with each tree yielding about 800 seeds annually [1,28,29]. The average normal yield of seeds reported in literature ranges from 70 to 500 kg/ha annually [1,11,28,30,31].…”

Section: Rubber Seed Capacity In Ssamentioning

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“…SSA countries have an estimated combined capacity of 717,750 ha of rubber trees. With a minimum of 350 trees/ha [1,28,29], over 251 million rubber trees are already grown domestically and will not compete with food crops for arable lands. In estimating the annual capacity of SSA countries to produce biodiesel from RSO, a representative value of 150 kg/ha [1,11,30] seed yield was used and a potential production of 17,947 ton of RSO and 16,691 ton of biodiesel from this oil was calculated.…”

Section: Rubber Seed Capacity In Ssamentioning

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Rubber seed oil: A potential renewable source of biodiesel for sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa

Onoji

Iyuke

Igbafe

et al. 2016

Energy Conversion and Management

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Technical efficiency and profitability of small holder natural rubber production in southern Nigeria

Giroh

Nachandiya²

2022

JPC

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The study measured the technical efficiency and profitability of small holder natural rubber production in southern Nigeria by examining the socio-economic characteristics of respondents, the profitability of latex production and technical efficiency. Multi-stage, purposive and random sampling techniques were employed in the collection of primary data from 300 respondents. Descriptive statistics and stochastic frontier production function were used to analyse the data collected. Results indicated that respondents were educated, married (76%) with a mean family size of seven people and well experienced mean farming experience of 19 years. Latex production was a profitable venture with an average variable cost per ha of 55,700.94 with total revenue (T.R.) and gross margin (G.M.) per hectare 163,594.17 and 107,893.23, respectively. Furthermore, the stochastic frontier production function analysis showed the number of trees per task, labour, farm size and age of plantation, clone, wage and fixed cost items were significantly related to rubber latex. The mean technical efficiency (T.E.) of the respondents was 0.84. Education, extension contact and experience were the significant factors that increased the technical efficiency of the respondents. The resuscitation of extension activities of A.D.P.s in the rubber growing states of the country through adequate funding by the government to improve the efficiencies of farmers, use of improved planting materials during replanting old plantations and the formation of cooperative societies by farmers to enhance access to production credit amongst others are recommended in the study.

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Evaluation of the Utilization Level of Improved Rubber Management Practices among Farm Settlers in Edo and Delta States

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Perceived extension needs of rubber production among farmers in Delta State, Nigeria

Perceived extension needs of rubber production among farmers in Delta State, Nigeria

Rubber seed oil: A potential renewable source of biodiesel for sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa

Technical efficiency and profitability of small holder natural rubber production in southern Nigeria

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