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    Knowledge, attitude and practices used in the control of Striga in maize by smallholder farmers of western Kenya

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    Date
    2014
    Author
    Nambafu, G.N.
    Onwonga, R.N.
    Karuku, G.N.
    Ariga, E.S.
    Vanlauwe, Bernard
    Roing de Nowina, K.
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    The production of maize is constrained by parasitic weeds, particularly Striga. A study was carried out to document farmers’ knowledge, attitude and practices on Striga control among smallholder farmers across three districts: Kisumu West, Busia and Teso South of Western Kenya. A multistage sampling technique was used to select the locations and farmers to be interviewed. A semi structured, open and closed ended questionnaire was administered leading to field experiment. Besides village meetings (39.2%), farmers got informed on farming methods under Striga weed farms and its control technologies through neighbours (2.5%), workshops and trainings (5.0%), field schools (3.7%), media (7.5%) and extension agents (10.8%). The attitudes of farmers towards Striga control varied but frequently cited: long term viability of the Striga seed (12.5%), difficult to control sharing of farm tools (10.8%), expensive technologies (13.3%), lack of adequate information (18.3%), labour intensive (15.0%), large farms for use of push and pull technology (1.7%) and time consuming (12.5%). Framers used various Striga control practices but traditional methods (25%) were among the most used (25%). Concerted effort involving researchers, extension agents and private sector are, therefore, required for wide scale dissemination and adoption of the existing modern control technologies.
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1102
    IITA Subjects
    Maize
    Agrovoc Terms
    Attitude; Knowledge; Striga; Maize
    Regions
    Africa; East Africa
    Countries
    Kenya
    Journals
    Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology
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