SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING THE INTENSITY OF USE OF CHEMICAL WEED CONTROL TECHNOLOGY BY FARMERS IN MARTE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BORNO STATE, NIGERIA

2015 
The study analyzed socio-economic factors influencing the intensity of use of chemical weed control method in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. A total of 5 wards were purposely selected out of the 13 wards for the study. These are areas where millet, groundnut and sorghum selected for the study are predominantly grown. A total of 120 farmers were randomly and proportionately selected from 5 wards for the study. Primary data was mainly used while descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis were used as analytical tools. The result shows that majority 77.5% of the respondents were male, 40.0% were in the age group of 21-40 years while 65.0% had farming experience between 21-40 years. About 72.0% had farm sizes between 3- 4 hectares, 62.5% had household size between 1-10 persons while 55.0% had annual income between N200, 000 and N299, 000; also 37.5% had Tertiary
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