Title: Analysis of factors affecting adoption of improved soyabean production technologies among rural farmers in Benue State, Nigeria
Authors: S. C. Waribugo, S. Daudu , A. I. Age, A. A. Naswem, H. A. Oyenkazi, O. B. Olaniyan, E. Onotugoma
Volume: 9
Issue: 10
Pages: 435-442
Publication Date: 2025/10/28
Abstract:
The study Analyzed factors affecting adoption of improved soyabean production and post-harvest technologies among rural farmers in Benue State, Nigeria. All the soyabean farmers in Benue State, Nigeria formed the population of the study. Multi- stage sampling techniques was used to select 157 respondents for the study. Primary data were obtained by means of structured questionnaire administered to the respondents. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics. The results shows that 59.9% of the respondents were male, many (59.2 %) of the respondents were between 21 and 40 years of age with mean age of about 36. The result also shows that many (79.6%) of the respondents were married, while 10.8 % of them were single also, 82.6% of them had primary education. The results further show that (60.5 %) of the respondents had household size ? 6. Most (99.4%)) of the respondents indicated farming as their primary occupation also, majority (96.4 %)) of them were into full time farming in the pooled results. The results shows that majority (81.5%) of the respondents have high level adoption of NCRI recommended planting season of June-July as soyabean production technology, many (81.5 %) of them adopted Sam soy2, about 45.9 % of them adopted fertilizer (N.P.K) 3bags and SSP4bags/ha. The findings revealed that respondents were faced with three categories of constraints: Socio-economic, Infrastructural and Institutional constraints. In conclusion, the farmers adopted the improved soyabean production technologies, but were constrained by certain factors. Based on the results, it is recommended that farm input supply should be timely and at affordable price, there should be creation of awareness and farmers training on technology usage, there should be provision of credit and loans to farmers, more markets and good roads should be made available mostly in the rural areas.