TITLE:
Assessment of the Use of Maize Storage Structures among Maize Farmers in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State
AUTHORS:
Gbadebo Lukman Adebisi, Esther Olufunmilayo Owolade, Bolanle Olufunmilayo Jatto
KEYWORDS:
Assessment, Use of Maize Storage Structure, Maize Farmers
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.2 No.10,
October
30,
2015
ABSTRACT: Part of Nigerian government efforts toward food security and development
of agriculture was the provision of an improved maize storage structures to
farmers in all local government of the states. Despite this effort, most of the
maize farmers in Ido local government area of Oyo state used different
indigenous storage structures in stored their maize while some farmers often
sell the larger proportion of their produce at harvest. In view of this
situation, the research therefore investigated the assessment of use of maize
storage structures among maize farmers in Ido local government area of Oyo
state. A multistage sampling procedure was used in selecting 120 respondents
and the data for this study were obtained through the use of interview schedule
which were therefore subjected to analysis. Descriptive statistics and
inferential tools were used in describing and making inferences. At p 0.05
level of significance there was correlation between age (r = 0.000), household size (r = 0.000), income (r = 0.000),
constraints (r = 0.000), benefits (r = 0.000) and the used of maize storage
structures. Chi-square analysis also revealed that level of education was
significant to the use of maize storage structures (x2 = 28.03, p = 0.000). The study then concluded that there was low use of maize storage structures
due to high cost of an improved storage structure, high cost of used and high
cost of storage chemicals. Based on these findings, the study recommended that
maize farmers should pool their resources together in order for them to afford
an expensive improved storage technologies and credit facilities should be made
available to farmers by the government so as to overcome the challenges they
are facing in storing maize produce.