Utilizing Spent Plantain Pseudostems to Grow Vegetables for Additional Income to Farm Households in Nigeria

Emmanuel Egbodo-boheje Odum; Grace Oluwabukunmi Akınsola

Utilizing Spent Plantain Pseudostems to Grow Vegetables for Additional Income to Farm Households in Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined value addition using plantain trunks to grow vegetables as an additional source of income to farm households. Using of a questionnaire to elicit responses from 120 plantain farmers in Edo State, we used descriptive and inferential statistics to examine the socioeconomic characteristics, return to leafy vegetable production, perceived environmental impacts and the challenges to adopting the innovation. Results from the study show that 62% of respondents were females. Lettuce and Spinach were the prevalent leafy vegetables grown. The return to leafy vegetable production was NGN, 258,378.42K/Ha/season fewer production costs. This return was 39% of the average returns to plantain production/Ha/Year. Decaying pseudostems adding to the manure to the soil through humus formation and reduced pollution from agrochemicals and fertilizers were some of the perceived environmental impacts of the innovation. Low market prices of vegetables, shortness of the shelf life of vegetables, costs of seeds were the major challenges encountered by farmers who adopted the innovation. The study concludes that the innovation was viable with the possibility of expansion. The study recommends further drive of the innovation to other plantain producing regions of Nigeria, and plantain farmers are also encouraged to explore other uses of their farm “waste”, environmental specialist and other promoters of ecofriendly production and investors should partner with these plantain producers to add value to products and ‘wastes’. The right and supporting policies to sustain the adoption of the innovation should also be put in place by the authorities concerned.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Agricultural Policy

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Emmanuel Egbodo-boheje Odum This is me
Nigeria

Grace Oluwabukunmi Akınsola This is me
Nigeria

Publication Date

August 25, 2021

Submission Date

May 27, 2021

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 35 Number: 2

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https://izlik.org/JA95FE53WE

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APA

Odum, E. E.- boheje, & Akınsola, G. O. (2021). Utilizing Spent Plantain Pseudostems to Grow Vegetables for Additional Income to Farm Households in Nigeria. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, 35(2), 128-133. https://izlik.org/JA95FE53WE

AMA

1.Odum EE boheje, Akınsola GO. Utilizing Spent Plantain Pseudostems to Grow Vegetables for Additional Income to Farm Households in Nigeria. Selcuk J Agr Food Sci. 2021;35(2):128-133. https://izlik.org/JA95FE53WE

Chicago

Odum, Emmanuel Egbodo-boheje, and Grace Oluwabukunmi Akınsola. 2021. “Utilizing Spent Plantain Pseudostems to Grow Vegetables for Additional Income to Farm Households in Nigeria”. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences 35 (2): 128-33. https://izlik.org/JA95FE53WE.

EndNote

Odum EE- boheje, Akınsola GO (August 1, 2021) Utilizing Spent Plantain Pseudostems to Grow Vegetables for Additional Income to Farm Households in Nigeria. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences 35 2 128–133.

IEEE

[1]E. E.- boheje Odum and G. O. Akınsola, “Utilizing Spent Plantain Pseudostems to Grow Vegetables for Additional Income to Farm Households in Nigeria”, Selcuk J Agr Food Sci, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 128–133, Aug. 2021, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA95FE53WE

ISNAD

Odum, Emmanuel Egbodo-boheje - Akınsola, Grace Oluwabukunmi. “Utilizing Spent Plantain Pseudostems to Grow Vegetables for Additional Income to Farm Households in Nigeria”. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences 35/2 (August 1, 2021): 128-133. https://izlik.org/JA95FE53WE.

JAMA

1.Odum EE- boheje, Akınsola GO. Utilizing Spent Plantain Pseudostems to Grow Vegetables for Additional Income to Farm Households in Nigeria. Selcuk J Agr Food Sci. 2021;35:128–133.

MLA

Odum, Emmanuel Egbodo-boheje, and Grace Oluwabukunmi Akınsola. “Utilizing Spent Plantain Pseudostems to Grow Vegetables for Additional Income to Farm Households in Nigeria”. Selcuk Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, vol. 35, no. 2, Aug. 2021, pp. 128-33, https://izlik.org/JA95FE53WE.

Vancouver

1.Emmanuel Egbodo-boheje Odum, Grace Oluwabukunmi Akınsola. Utilizing Spent Plantain Pseudostems to Grow Vegetables for Additional Income to Farm Households in Nigeria. Selcuk J Agr Food Sci [Internet]. 2021 Aug. 1;35(2):128-33. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA95FE53WE