Socio-economic determinants of adoption of improved millet production practices by farmers in Borno State, Nigeria

Tijjani, H; Umar, B.; Abubakar, Bello; Aliyu, Usman Malami

doi:10.4314/agrosh.v18i2.7

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“…However, the tuber has a short harvest period of about 3-5 months under controlled conditions and shorter under tropical conditions (More et al, 2019) and much work is required to extend the seasonality of the crop. This could be achieved by investigating the methods of utilizing the components of the tuber as food ingredients (Chandrasekara and Kumar, 2016) Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.)) is one of the foremost cereals grown extensively in Nigeria (Tijjani et al, 2018). It contains about 67% carbohydrate and 12% protein.…”

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Quality evaluation of sweetpotato-based complementary food

Olatunde¹,

Oyewole²,

Abioye³

et al. 2020

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Complementary Food (CF) was developed using locally available food raw materials (millet, soybean and sweetpotato) to tackle infant malnutrition especially in rural areas. Four different samples of CF were formulated using different ratios of millet flour (MF), sweet potato flour (SPF), soybean flour (SBF); A (55% MF, 30% SPF and 15%SBF), B (50% MF, 30% SPF and 20%SBF), C (45% MF, 30% SPF and 25%SBF), and D (40% MF, 30% SPF and 30% SBF). Commercial complementary food (Nutribom) was used as control sample. The proximate and functional properties of the formulated CF were determined. The following range of values were obtained for all the complementary samples, moisture (2.98-9.05%), protein (5.06-13.19%), fat (2.50-8.71%), fibre (0.13-2.19%), ash (1.26-2.31%) and carbohydrate (55.6-57.6%). The protein, fat and fibre contents of the complementary food increased while moisture, ash and carbohydrate contents reduced with an increase in the level of SBF. The water absorption capacity, swelling power, and bulk density of the complimentary food samples ranged between 28.00 and 43.67 ml/g; 2.86 and5.22 (g/g) and 0.69and 0.81 g/ml, respectively. The functional properties of the complementary food increased when compared with the control. The complementary food blends that could be regarded as appropriate formulation based on the exhibited quality attributes evaluated was sample B which contained 50, 30 and 20% of MF, SPF and SBF, respectively. This product can serve as an alternative to commercial weaning food to prevent protein-energy malnutrition, which may help in the growth and development of children among the poor populace. Keywords: Complementary foods, functional properties, proximate properties and minerals contents

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Quality evaluation of sweetpotato-based complementary food

Olatunde¹,

Oyewole²,

Abioye³

et al. 2020

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“…First, the extant literature until recently has emphasized the determinants of millet production (Tijjani et al., 2018; Mundia et al., 2019; Muyukani and Muthama, 2019), millet diversity (Nagarajan et al., 2007), village seed systems (Nagarajan and Smale, 2007), and of sorghum and pearl millet production ignoring other millets. Therefore, very little is known about finger millet.…”

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Untangling the factors influencing finger millet production: Evidence from the Indian states

2023

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Our study focuses on the effect of agro‐based factors and human development indicators on the production of finger millet in eight states of India. Departing from the past studies, we employed the common and dynamic common correlated effects model, and our findings showed that the past year's finger millet production, productivity, area under finger millet production, rainfall and human development indicators positively influenced the finger millet production among the eight Indian states. The variable crop diversification has no impact on the production of finger millet. Overall result indicates the prominent role of human development assisting in the promotion of finger millet production. The empirical findings suggest corrective government policies in order to boost the overall production and consumption of finger millet at the macro level.

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Farm risks and management strategies among arable crop farmers in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria

Aminu¹,

Balogun²,

Oke³

2020

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This study examines farm risk and management strategies adopted by arable crop farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria. A two-stage sampling procedure was employed to select 120 respondents for the study with the aid of questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Likert scale and logit regression model. Results revealed that erratic rainfall, pest and diseases were the major production risks faced by the farmers. Ill-health (69.2%) and low produce price (92.5%) were the major personal risk and marketing risk experienced by the farmers respectively. The major financial risks were insurance (86.7%) and lack of access to loan (83.3%) while the major institutional risk was lack of agricultural loan and subsidies (100%) from government. The major preventive strategy adopted by the arable crop farmers were use of agrochemicals and selling at reduced price. The most employed mitigation strategies were diversification (82.5%), on-farm sales (78.3%), esusu (77.5%), cooperative society membership (71.7%) and self-medication (70%). The prominent coping strategies employed were hired labour (77.5%), off-farm activities (73.3%) and borrowing (60%). The significant factors influencing the attitude of arable crop farmers to risk were sex, educational level of the farmers, household size, farming experience, membership of cooperative association, access to bank loan, farming system and off farm income The study concluded that the arable crop farmers were risk averse and recommended that efforts should be geared towards training the farmers on the appropriate management strategies with emphasis on the need for the farmers to adopt innovations that will enhance improved farm practices in the study area.Keywords: Arable crop, farm risk, management strategies, logit

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Socio-economic determinants of adoption of improved millet production practices by farmers in Borno State, Nigeria

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Quality evaluation of sweetpotato-based complementary food

Quality evaluation of sweetpotato-based complementary food

Untangling the factors influencing finger millet production: Evidence from the Indian states

Farm risks and management strategies among arable crop farmers in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria

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