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dc.contributor.authorOlayide, O.E.
dc.contributor.authorAlene, Arega D.
dc.contributor.authorIkpi, A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:11:52Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:11:52Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.citationOlayide, O.E., Alene, A.D. & Ikpi, A. (2009). Determinants of fertilizer use in northern Nigeria. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 6(2), 91-98.
dc.identifier.issn1683-8831
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/2513
dc.description.abstractFarm-level decision concerning the use of fertilizer is governed by socio-economic and institutional factors, asmuch as by agronomic and ecological concerns. Using data from a sample of 320 farm households in 16 geo-referenced villages, this study assessed the determinants of fertilizer use in northern Nigeria. Results show that the intensity of fertilizer use increases with family labor and physical access to fertilizer, but declines with cultivated land and plot distance from homestead. Consistent with the population-induced innovation hypothesis, the evidence suggests that smallholder farmers use fertilizer more intensively than larger farmers. The study concludes with implications for policy aimed at land use intensification through increased fertilizer use among smallholders.
dc.format.extent91-98
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectFertilizers
dc.subjectFarmers
dc.subjectSoil Fertility Management
dc.subjectGeographic Information System
dc.subjectTobit
dc.subjectSocio-Economic Domain
dc.subjectSoil Nutrient
dc.titleDeterminants of fertilizer use in northern Nigeria
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Ibadan
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countryMalawi
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectSoil Fertility
cg.iitasubjectSoil Information
cg.iitasubjectSoil Health
cg.iitasubjectSoil Surveys And Mapping
cg.iitasubjectNutrition
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.journalPakistan Journal of Social Sciences
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid93264
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/pjssci.2009.91.98


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