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Discrete Choice Model of Farmers’ Willingness-to-Engage in Agroforestry-Based Farming in Southwest, Nigeria

American Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Vol.1 , No. 2, Publication Date: Mar. 23, 2018, Page: 41-54

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[1]	Gentjana Çekani, Service of Pediatry, University Hospital Center “Mother Theresa”, Tirana, Albania.

Abstract

The study examined farmers’ willingness to engage in agroforestry-based farming in Southwest, Nigeria. Data were collected from 224 randomly sampled farmers with the use of structured questionnaire. The questionnaire items focus on socio-economic characteristics of the farmers, methods of land acquisition, relevance of agroforestry-based farming to food security and environmental quality and challenges of farmers in engaging in agroforestry-based farming. Data collected were analysed using frequency, percentage, chart, mean, probit model and factor analysis. The study found that common methods of land acquisition in southwest Nigeria include: inheritance, lease/rent, communal land, gift and purchase. All the 20 identified indicators of relevance of agroforestry to food security and environmental quality have mean values that ranged between 2.97 to 3.75 which are all greater than the cut-off point value of 2.50 on 4-point rating scale. The result of the probit model analysis showed that sex, age, land ownership status, farm income, extension contact, membership of cooperative, labour availability and farmers’ access to credit were significant at p<0.01, p<05 and p<0.10 levels of significance. The challenges facing farmers in engaging in agroforestry-based farming in southwest Nigeria include: input/technology, institutional and socio-cultural factor. Based on these findings, the study among others recommended that there should be more proactive campaign for increased participation of farmers in agroforestry-based farming and provision of necessary policies, inputs and institutional supports that will facilitate farmers’ engagement in agroforestry-based farming.

Keywords

Agroforestry, Cash Crops, Willingness to Engage, Southwest, Nigeria

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