Analysis of Agroforestry Practices in Potiskum Lga of Yobe State, Nigeria
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agro forestry, Potiskum, farmers, respondentsAbstract
The study examined inputs-outputs efficiency in agroforestry systems practiced in Potiskum local government area, Yobe state Nigeria. Structured uestionnaires were used to collect data from 185 agroforestry farmers using purposive and simple random sampling techniques. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The result revealed that agroforestry is practice in the study area and is male dominated, 33.54% were in age bracket of 46-55 years, while 90.8% were married and most of the respondents has household size 40.54% between 11- 20 members. The study also showed that most (44%) of the respondents had secondary school while 46.49% of the respondents has farming as their major occupation. Also, 46.24% of the farmers obtained their farmland from inheritance and 55.14% of the farmers have farm size of 1- 2 hectares. Multiple regressions were used to determine the relationship between the inputs and outputs variables. The result shows that they were at 5% level of significant.
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