Agrobiodiversity Conservation Techniques Adopted By Rural Farmers in Kware Local Government Area Nigeria

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Aliyu Akilu  Barau ¹ (Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, P.M.B. 2346, Sokoto, Nigeria)
James Abbah  Michael ² (Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Faculty of Agriculture, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, P.M.B. 2346, Sokoto, Nigeria)

Received: 2017-04-10 Accepted : 2017-06-06 Published : 2017-12-01

Keywords: Conservation, Agrobiodiversity, Techniques, Rural and Farmers,

Abstract :

The study examined agrobiodiversity conservation techniques adopted by rural farmers in Kware Local Government Area, Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used to arrive at 120 farmers from three selected villages. Forty (40) interview schedule were administered in each of the sampled villages. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the primary data collected. Results of the findings showed that most of the farmers (25.0%) were in their active age with fairly large family size (6-10 persons). Majority were married (90.8%) with most of them having secondary education (33.3%) or less and earning between N101, 000 - N200, 000 annually. Most of the farmers conserve animals using random mating (30.8%). On the other hand, 43.3 percent conserve plants by practicing collection and preservation of seeds. The major challenge faced by the farmers was insufficient capital (43.3%). Government and NGOs need to educate and provided necessary support to the farmers who practice agrobiodiversity conservation.

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