Effect of Cattle Menace on Farm Land in Anambra State, Niger IA

Udemezue Jc and Nwalieji Hu
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Udemezue Jc: National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Nigeria
Nwalieji Hu: Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Nigeria

Current Trends in Biomedical Engineering & Biosciences, 2017, vol. 7, issue 5, 94-99

Abstract: The study examined the effect of cattle menace on farm land in Anambra State, Nigeria. The population included all crop farmers in the state. Multistage and simple random sampling techniques were used to select a total sample size of 160 farmers. An interview schedule was used for data collection and descriptive statistics such as percentage, mean and standard deviation were used in presenting data. Findings show that mean age, household size, farm size and farming experience of the crop farmers were 41.31 years, 7 persons, 1.8 hectares and 16.4 years, respectively. Loss of soil fertility (M a 2.59), environmental pollution (M=2.50) and crop destruction/failure (M=2.50) were the major effects of the menace on farm land. Coping strategies adopted by the farmers included occupational diversification (M=2.81), use of traditional rulers (M=2.65), use of fertilizers (M=2.41), use of physical fight by farmers to drive cattle herders (M=2.38), changing of time of planting (M=2.31) and early harvesting method (M=2.28).

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Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/CTBEB.2017.07.555723

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