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    Utilization of post-harvest technologies among Yam Farmers in Selected Local Government Areas of Niger State, Nigeria
    (Proceedings of the 1st International conference of agriculture and agricultural Technology, 2019) Hassan, S.; Salihu, I.T.; Abdullahi, A.; Aliyu, A.
    Yam is an important tuber crop in Nigeria. However, its availability is affected by rate of deterioration arising from poor postharvest handling. Hence, farmers use various techniques to minimize the loss. Therefore, this study examined the utilization of post harvest technologies among yam farmers in selected local Government areas of Niger state, Nigeria. Data were collected from 195 respondents and analyzed with descriptive statistics. The result revealed that, the mean age of the respondent was 35.0 years and highly experienced in food crops production with mean of 18.0 years experience. Majority of the respondents (79%) had formal education. However data analysis reveals that yam barn storage technique ranked first in terms of types and level of utilization by the farmers with the highest weighted mean (WM=3.87) while, open sided shelve was the least (WM=1.43). It is therefore recommended that extension agents should actively disseminate information on improved storage techniques to yam farmers in the study area as well as the need to use such techniques.
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    Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate With Waste Glass in Concrete Made From Bida Natural Aggregate
    (3rd International Engineering Conference (IEC 2019) Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria, 2019) Alhaji, B.; Kolo, D. N.; Abubakar, Mahmud; Yusuf, A.; Abdullahi, A.; Shehu, M.
    This study reports the experimental investigation on the suitability of waste glass as partial replacement for fine aggregate in concrete made using Bida natural aggregates (BNA). Glass is widely used in our daily lives through manufactured products such as sheet glass, bottles, glassware, and vacuum tubing. It is an ideal material for recycling. The increasing awareness of glass recycling speeds up inspections on the use of waste glass with different forms in various fields. Mix ratio of 1:2:4 batched by weight with water - cement ratio of 0.55 was used. The percentage replacement varied from 0% to 40% at 5% intervals. Slump test was conducted to assess the workability of the fresh concrete. The compressive strengths and densities of cured concrete cubes of sizes 150mm x 150mm x 150mm were evaluated at 7, 21 and 28days. A total of 81 concrete cubes were cast and tested. It was observed that an increase in the percentage replacement of fine aggregate with waste glass reduces workability, density and compressive strength. The compressive strength and density vary with days of curing. The findings of this study indicated that the optimum replacement percentage of waste glass with conventional fine aggregate was 20%. However, waste glass can effectively be used as fine aggregate replacement (up to40%) without substantial change in concrete strength.
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    Effects of knowledge of Hand washing, sources of water and Environmental hygiene of farming Households on sustainable Agriculture in North-Central Nigeria
    (Proceedings of the 1st International conference of agriculture and agricultural Technology, 2019) Salihu, I.T.; G.B. Adesiji; Abdullahi, A.; H.U. Muhammed
    The study assess the knowledge of hand washing, sources of water and environmental hygiene practices of farming households in North-Central Nigeria. Multi- stage simple random sampling technique was used to select 256 farming households in the study area. Interview schedule was used to elicit data from the respondents. The responses were analyzed using frequency counts and mean score. The result of the study shows that 38% of the respondents are in the age range of 31 – 40 years with a mean of 36.7 years, they had low level of education and the mean number of number of visits of health service workers to farming households is 3 times/per annum. The results revealed that majority (73.80%) of the respondents are aware of the need to always wash hands after using the toilet but the knowledge on the use soap to wash hand before eating ( 36.30%), preparing food/cooking (20.30%), changing baby’s wear ( 24.20%), after defecating (19.10% ) and before feeding children (18.40%) is low in the study area. Majority of the respondents go their water for household purposes from unprotected sources such as dug well (57%) and bore holes (52%) and the majority (84%) treat their water by allowing it to stand and settle before drinking or before using it for other household purposes which is inadequate and may endanger the farming households to the vulnerability of food and water borne diseases. The use of bush and pit latrine are the major means of defecation in the households and dumping of household waste in a nearby bush is the system of waste disposal always adopted by majority (63.70%) of the households. Health extension workers and the local authorities should establish joint participatory committees to sensitize, motivate and organize food safety promotion programmes on the need to enforce some crucial food safety practices especially hand washing with soap/ash, on the danger of open defecation and poor system of waste disposal.
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    Training needs of Farmers for improved maize varieties’ cultivation in Niger State, Nigeria
    (Proceedings of the 36th Farm Management Association of Nigeria (FAMAN) Conference, 2024) Umar, I. S.; Mohammed, U. H,; Abdullahi, A.; Mohammed, U.
    The study examined the training needs of farmers for improved maize varieties’ cultivation in Niger State, Nigeria. This will assist extension agencies to develop training for maize cultivation based on the needs and preferences of farmers. A total of 240 respondents were proportionately and randomly selected from three Local Government Areas in the State. Validated interview schedule with reliability coefficient of 0.81 was used for collecting data. Data collected were analysed using percentage, mean and Poisson regression. The result showed that the mean age of the farmers was 38 years, while 73.3% of the respondents had formal education with average farm size of 1.7ha. Educational level (2.18), farming experience (2.29), farm size (3.16), cooperative membership (2.30) and income (1.85) positively and significantly influenced the training needs of the maize farmers. The paper drew attention to the need to consider the educational level, farming experience, farm size, cooperative membership and income of farmers when planning training programmes for maize cultivation. Farmers need training on planting methods, control of weeds, pests, diseases and fertilizer application. Preferably, trainings should be organised during the raining seasons in the villages on quarterly bases for short durations. It was also recommended that priority should be given to methods of planting, weed control, pest control, disease control and fertilizer application when training maize farmers.
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    Risk assessment and management strategies of post-harvest operations in tomatoes production in Niger state, Nigeria
    (Book of Proceedings of the International Congress on Food, Agriculture and Environment Researches in Global World, 2024) Abdullahi, A.; Shuaibu, U.; Jibrin, S.,; Saviour, S.E.
    The study assessed the risk assessment and management strategies of post-harvest operations in tomatoes production in Niger state, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 119 registered vegetable farmers and data collected through a semi-structured questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics (such as frequency count, percentages, mean) and Probit regression model. The results obtained shows that farmers in the study area were mostly males (54.6%) and formally educated (78.2%) with an average age of 34years. Also, majority of the farmers had perception for climatic variability, lack of storage facility and high cost of farm machineries for post-harvest management are recorded with high level of risk associated with post-harvest operation among the farmers in the study area. The results shows that use of modern method of processing (68.1%), processing into tomato paste (78.2), accessing agricultural loans (75.6%), storage in ventilated pit (70.6%) and use of modern storage facility (56.3%) were the top five post-harvest management strategies adopted by the tomato farmers in the study area. However, storage in barns (X ̅=4.29), storage in cold room (X ̅=3.99), storage in open dry shelf room (X ̅=3.77), storage in ventilated pit (X ̅=3.65) and insurance (X ̅=3.61) were top five most effective management strategies adopted by the tomato farmers against post-harvest losses in the study area. The result on Probit regression model shows that the (Prob chi2=0.0002) was statistically significant at 1% level of probability. From the model, the determinant of management strategies adopted by farmers against post-harvest operation was significantly influenced by socioeconomic factors like level of education, marital status, access to extension service, complexibility, and relative advantage were the factors influencing post-harvest management strategies adopted by the farmers. Thus, the result concludes that climatic variability and lack of storage facility were the most prominent sources of risk associated with tomato post-harvest management. Hence, it was recommended that policy interventions on improving farmers’ awareness about post-harvest technologies should be made in order to enhance their adaptive capacity in reducing the adverse impacts of post-harvest loses.
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    Gender Analysis of Resource-use Efficiency among Sesame Farmers in Niger State
    (Book of Proceedings of the 3rd International Mediterranean Scientific Research and Innovation Congress, 2023) Shuaibu, U.; Abdullahi, A.; Jibrin, S.
    The study aimed at assessing gender analysis of resource-use efficiency in sesame production in Niger State, Nigeria. A purposive and multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 76 male and 75 female sesame farmers and data collected through structured questionnaire were analyzed using frequency distribution, means, percentages, Cobb-Douglass production function and resource-use efficiency model. Results obtained shows that farmers in the study area were mostly in their productive age (40 years, averagely), married (55.7%) with formal education (86.1%) and household size of (6 persons, averagely). The efficient utilization of production inputs were influenced by Labour, fertilizers, seed and Agrochemicals with MVP to MPC ratios less than unity for land (0.15), and Agrochemicals (0.63), equal to unity for seed (1) and greater than unity for fertilizer application (1.15) and land (1.20). However, the cost and returns shows that sesame production in the study area is a profitable enterprise which shows that for every ₦1.00 invested ₦4.41/4.32 was earned along gender line. More so, sesame farmers were restricted by; Weed pressure in sesame farms, inadequate capital start-up, difficulty in managing pest and diseases, difficulty in accessing loans and high cost of farm inputs. which ranked among the top five (5) prominent constraint in the study area. The production resources in the study area were found not to be efficiently utilized since most of the production inputs were either over or under-utilized. Hence not to optimum economic advantage it is therefore recommended that for optimal use of resources in sesame production, quantities of fertilizer application should be increased while land, labour and Agrochemicals should be reduced.
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    Effects of National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) Projects on maize production in Niger State, Nigeria
    (Proceeding of the 3rd International conference of agriculture and agricultural Technology held at Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, 2024) Iliya, B.M.; Muhammad, H.U.; Muhammed, Y.; Abdullahi, A.
    The study was carried out to determine effects of National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) projects on maize production in Niger State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted to select 172 registered maize farmers for the study. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics (such as frequency, percentage and mean) and inferential statistics such as (Multiple Regression Model). The study revealed that access to land (X = 3.62), pesticide/insecticide and fertilizer (X = 3.1) were the major benefits of NALDA to maize farmers in the study area, while agrochemicals (p<0.01), education (p<0.01), extension services (p<0.01) and training received via NALDA (p<0.01) were the major factors influencing maize farmers output in Niger State. The study recommended that farmers should prioritize attending training sessions on agronomic practices provided by NALDA to improve their knowledge on soil testing, site selection and input usage. This will enhance their productivity and help them better utilize NALDA’s support.
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    Effect of Rural Youths migration on Maize production in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria
    (Proceedings of the 1st International conference of agriculture and agricultural Technology held at Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, 2019) Abdullahi, A.; Baba, K.M.; Salihu, I. T.
    The study assessed the effect of rural youths’ migration on maize production in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to; describe the socio-economic characteristics of farmers; ascertain the causes of youths’ migration, determine the extent of youths’ migration, access the effect of youths’ migration on maize production and identify the problems associated with youths’ migration in the area. To achieve these objectives, 120 maize farmers were randomly selected through multi-stage sampling technique. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The result on socio-economic characteristics shows that majority (52.5%) of the respondents are still in their active age of between 21- 40 years with mean age of 39years. Equally, respondents were males (72.5%), married (77.5%) with Non formal education (40%). Only a few (18.3%) attained tertiary education. Similarly, majority (90%) had a household size of between 1 – 10 persons with average size of 6 persons per household. The average maize farming experience among the respondents was 17 years. The major causes of youths’ migration in the area includes: lack of employment opportunities (90%), furthering of education (77.5%), and lack of access to modern amenities (55%). The extent of Youths migration in the area is relatively moderate (45.8%) with averagely 31 youths leaving each village every year. The peak period of migration is usually during the off-season (50.8%). The result of the regression analysis shows Cob-Douglass as the lead equation. The result revealed that youths’ migration affect production negatively while labour, agro chemicals and fertilizer are positively significant. The problems of youths migration in the area include; loss of cultural values (75%), reduction in rural population (54.2%) and dull village life (47.5). To this end, youths’ migration limits maize production thus, government should provide functional schools and employment opportunities to engage rural youths
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    Effect of livelihood diversification on income security of rural farming households in Osun State, Nigeria
    (Book of Proceedings of the International Congress on Food, Agriculture and Environment Researches in Global World, 2024) Shuaibu, U.; Abdullahi, A.; Muhammad, H.U.; Abimboye, T.M.
    The study assessed the effect of livelihood diversification on income security of the rural farming households in Osun State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 161 registered farming households and data collected through a semi-structured questionnaire. The results obtained shows that farmers in the study area were mostly males (87.0%) and formally educated (73.9%) with an average age of 42years. Also, the result showed that arable crop farming (64.0%), livestock farming (41.6%) and poultry farming (59.0%) have higher livelihood diversification among the rural faming households in the study area. While majority of farming households 55.3% had high extent of livelihood diversification. However, age, household size, farming experience, source of labour and farm size positively influence farmers level of livelihood diversification in the study area. The result also reveals that majority (59.0%) of the respondents were income secure. The result on Probit regression model shows that farming experience, farm income, on-farm diversification, and farm size were the significant effect of livelihood diversification on income security. Thus, the result concludes that majority of farming households had high extent of livelihood diversification. Hence, it was recommended that farm households should diversify their sources of livelihood into non-farm so as to increase their earnings to bridge the poverty gap, also financial markets should be looked into by the government when formulating policy and developmental issues.
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    Effect of Banditry Activities on Livelihood Status of Farming Households in Niger State, Nigeria
    (Book of Proceedings of the 6th International Congress on Contemporary Scientific Research, 2024) Abdullahi, A.; Akinnagbe, O.M.; Akinwalere, B.O.; Shuaibu, U.
    Armed banditry as a global pandemic has a crippling social, political and economic consequence that tends to be threatening the overall developmental efforts of the affected areas. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of banditry activities on livelihood of farming households in Niger state, Nigeria. A multi-stage purposive sampling technique was adopted, and data were collected from 150 respondents using a semi-structured questionnaire and analysed using descriptive statistics, livelihood index and Probit regression model. The study showed that majority of the respondents (63.3%) were married, and their predominant age mean of 43 years. In terms of educational attainment, (86.0%) of the respondents had formal education. Poverty/poor governance, competition for land and water, and social inequality were ranked the topmost factors promoting rural banditry in the study area. While male farmers, female farmers and male youth were the most vulnerable groups of rural banditry attack. The result revealed that (52.0%) of the farmers in the study area had ‘very high’ livelihood status before the effect of banditry activities compared to (60.0%) have low livelihood status after or during banditry activities respectively. The probit regression model result shows that burning and raiding of farmland, killing and kidnapping, destruction of farmland, frequency of insurgency and household size were the negative effect of banditry on farmers livelihood status. While farming experience and access to credit were positively influencing the livelihood status of the rural farmers. The result concludes that the livelihood status of the farmers was very low after the incidence of banditry activities in the study area. Recommendations made based on the findings of this study include Extension workers should assist farmers to form viable co-operative associations, government at all levels should put in place functional security system like community policing to supplement the operations of other security agencies.