Assessment of farm waste utilization among rural dwellers in Osun State, Nigeria
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2014
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he study identified farm wastes among rural dwellers in Osun State, Nigeria, it examined rural dwellers' perception about farm wastes' economic potentials, determined the knowledge level of identified farm wastes' economic potentials and the level of utilisation of farm wastes by rural-dwellers as well as identified factors associated with farm waste utilisation with a view to empowering the rural dwellers economically through judicious utilisation of identified farm waste items. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select respondents for the study. At the first stage, 20 per cent of the total number of Local Government Area (LOA) in each Agricultural Development Project (ADP) zone was sampled giving a total of 6 rural LGAs. At the second stage, proportionate sampling method was used to select five per cent of the , total number of communities in each LOA giving a total of 28 communities. Finally, 13 respondents involved in farm waste utilisation were purposively selected from each of the communities, giving an overall sample size of 364 respondents. Interview schedule was used for quantitative data collection while Focus Group Discussion (FGD) and Key Informant Interview (Kil) were used to elicit qualitative data. Frequency counts, percentages and weighted mean scores were used to describe data collected while chi-square; correlation and stepwise regression analyses were used to make deductions. Also, factor analysis was used to identify factors associated with farm waste utilisation among rural dwellers in the study area. Results showed that cassava and yam peels, maize stalks and cobs, cowpea husk, palm kernel shell, empty palm fruit bunch, cocoa pods, poultry droppings, and sheep and goat faeces were prominent waste items identified in the study area. Results further revealed high extent of utilisation of cassava peels for livestock feeding with weighted mean score (Rv:) of 2.45 ± 1.11, yam peels for making yam flour (X\.; = 2.24 ± 1.06), maize cobs (~ = 2.22 ± 1.07) and palm kernel shell (X11; = 2.43 ± 0.99) as household fuel for cooking and palm fronds for broom production CXw= 2.23 ± 0.91). Also, results of Chi-square analysis CODESRIA - LIBRARY
xvii established significant association between farm waste utilisation and gender et = 10.38), farm land acquisition et= 51.00), ethnicity et= 19.67) and nativity et= 10.40) at p ~ 0.05. Result of regression analysis further showed that income (t = 2.401), perception about farm waste items (t = 4.458), perceived behavioural control (t = 2.534) and attitude towards farm waste utilisation (t = 2.732) positively and significantly contributed to extent of farm waste utilisation at p ~ 0.01. The study concluded that there were varieties of farm waste items with good economic potentials which if well utilised could be harnessed to empower rural dwellers economically thereby enhancing their liveli
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Yusuf, O. J. (2014). Assessment of farm waste utilization among rural dwellers in Osun State, Nigeria. Unpublished Ph. D. Thesis, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.