Assessment of the Availability and Adequacy of Farm Inputs for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Ekiti State
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Keywords

Assessment
farm-inputs
Agricultural-produce
Sustainable-production
Availability and Adequacy

How to Cite

O., O., O. I., L., & E. O., O. (2024). Assessment of the Availability and Adequacy of Farm Inputs for Sustainable Agricultural Production in Ekiti State. Journal of Home Economics Research, 18(1). Retrieved from https://journals.heran.org/index.php/JHER/article/view/206

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to assess the availability and adequacy of
farm inputs supplied to farmers by Agricultural inputs supply Agency (AISA)
for sustainable Agricultural production. This study was carried out in Ekiti
State. The population of the study was 800 register farmers in the three
agricultural zones in Ekiti State. The sample of study was 264 selected through
(33%) proportionate random sampling technique. A 24 items structured
questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. It was found out that: farm
inputs such as agro-chemicals, livestock feeds, improve seeds, fertilizers and
farm tools were made available by Agricultural Input Supply Agency (AISA)
for farmer‟s use; Storage services of AISA were inadequate. It was
recommended that the state government and the administrator of AISA should
improve the storage services of AISA to reduce the problem of wastage of
agricultural produce in the State.

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