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Determinant of Agroforestry Practices among Small Holder Farmers in Oyo State Nigeria
The multiplicity of agroforestry practices demand the choice of
appropriate methods that will give the rural farmers an excellent
result. Thus, this study analysed the factors determining the choice of
agroforestry practices among small holder farmers in Oyo State,
Nigeria. Primary data was obtained using multi-stage sampling
technique. Structured questionnaire was administered to 250 selected
small holder farmers to elicit relevant information and 211 was
retrieved and used for this study. The findings revealed that most 55%
of the farmers chose agrisilvicutural system while 33.2% and 11.8% of
the farmers chose agrosilvopastoral and silvopastoral systems
respectively. Most of the farmers were males 89.1%, with average age of
47years indicating they were relatively young with basic formal
education. The average farm size of 3.34ha indicated that the study
covered small holder farmers. The multinomial logit result showed that
factors such as educational level, meeting attendance, type of labour
used, household assets significantly determined the choice of
agroforestry practices adopted by the farmers. The study therefore
recommends the implementation of policies that promote more
enlightenment on the benefits of agroforestry to both the educated and
non-educated farmers to facilitate quick adoption, provision of
incentives to farmers that attend meetings regularly and making
available improved agroforestry methods and practices to enhance wider
suitability of agroforestry practices