Urban Farmers’ Adoption of Improved Dry Season Vegetable Production Technologies in in Owerri Municipal Council of Imo State, Nigeria
FN Nnadi, Ogbonna Okoro Aja, C. D. Nnadi, AO Ani, F. C. Anaeto, UN Akwiwu, Christiana I. Agomuo, C. P. Elei
Journal of Agricultural Extension
Urban Farm DB summary
A survey of 125 randomly sampled urban farmers in Owerri Municipal Council, Imo State, Nigeria, used a semi-structured questionnaire to assess adoption of improved dry-season vegetable production technologies, analyzed with frequencies, percentages, means and OLS multiple regression. Adopted technologies included improved crop varieties (69.5%), fertilizer use (95.6%), irrigation (88.7%), mulching (62.6%) and seed treatment before planting (59.1%). Reasons for participation were increased household access to vegetables (mean 2.92), income generation (3.42) and employment creation (3.11). Information sources were informal interaction with neighbors and friends (35.7%), extension agents (14.8%), radio (12.5%) and television (11.3%), while constraints were land scarcity (88.7%), lack of irrigation water (70.5%) and poor awareness of dry-season farming (50.6%).