Post Harvest Grain Management Storage Techniques and Pesticides Use by Farmers in South-West Nigeria

Victor O. Okoruwa, O.A. Ojo, C.M. Akintola, A.D. Ologhobo and F.K. Ewete

Journal of Rural Economics and Development, 2009, vol. 18, 20

Abstract: Post harvest facilities or appropriate storage technology has been the major problem of Nigerian agriculture for a long time that has resulted in considerable waste of agricultural output and hence considerable loss to the economy. This study therefore examines the post harvest choices of grain storage techniques and pesticides use by farmers in south-west Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to draw a sample of 192 farmers from whom necessary information where elicited, while Multinomial logit model was used in analysing the data. The results revealed quantity of grain stored, education, gender of farmer, capital invested and price of grains, as factors that affect farmers’ choice of storage techniques. Also choice of pesticide used by farmers was influenced by quantity of grains harvested, cost of pesticide and cost of investment. The need to educate farmers on the use of pesticides in order to avoid problems of grain contamination and assist farmers’ to access loans and credit facilities becomes inevitable.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.147906

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