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

Öz

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.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Tarım Politikaları

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Emmanuel Egbodo-boheje Odum Bu kişi benim
Nigeria

Grace Oluwabukunmi Akınsola Bu kişi benim
Nigeria

Yayımlanma Tarihi

25 Ağustos 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

27 Mayıs 2021

Kabul Tarihi

-

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Cilt: 35 Sayı: 2

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA95FE53WE

Kaynak Göster

RIS / Bibtex

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, ve 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 (01 Ağustos 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 ve G. O. Akınsola, “Utilizing Spent Plantain Pseudostems to Grow Vegetables for Additional Income to Farm Households in Nigeria”, Selcuk J Agr Food Sci, c. 35, sy 2, ss. 128–133, Ağu. 2021, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: 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 (01 Ağustos 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, ve 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, c. 35, sy 2, Ağustos 2021, ss. 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]. 01 Ağustos 2021;35(2):128-33. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA95FE53WE