Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 16 ISSUE 3
Written by Aliyu ABDULLAHI, Ibrahim S. USMAN, Abdulhameed A. GIREI, Gambo ISMAIL
The study examined the various indigenous cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata V. Walp) storage opportunities and their effectiveness in Mubi South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Structured interview scheduled were used to obtain information from 70 respondents selected through simple random sampling techniques. Generated data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and (frequency and percentage), and inferential (Chi-square) statistics. The results revealed that (65.7%) of the respondents were males with (75.2%) below the age of 51 years. Married respondents accounted for (54.3%) while (64.3%) had one form of education or the other. Majority of the respondents representing (74.3%) were household heads. Eight indigenous storage methods were identified and the use of air tight container, neem leaves/ oil and finger pepper were found to be more effective. Chi-square test results revealed that, the coefficient for age, marital status, farming experience were significantly related to indigenous storage method of cowpea, age X2=0.780,P=0.377, marital status X2=1.739, P=0.628 and educational level X2=3.977, P=0.409 respectively. Inadequate storage facilities, capital intensive, time consuming, labor intensive and weather conditions were the major constraints faced by the respondents. It is recommended that stakeholders should encourage researches in the areas of promoting indigenous knowledge system, safety, their potentiality and sustainability so as to improve and promote their application since it is cheaper and accessible to the people.
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