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Title:Are tomato farmers willing to adopt the hydroponics farming system in Oyo State, Nigeria?
Authors:ID Adepoju, Abimbola (Author)
ID Adekunle, Oluwaseun (Author)
Files:URL https://journals.um.si/index.php/agricultura/article/view/2800
 
Language:English
Work type:Scientific work
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:FKBV - Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Abstract:The rising demand for tomatoes and tomato-based foods in Nigeria owing to its numerous health benefits calls for a comprehensive and economically viable farming system to replace or complement traditional farming systems for tomato production. This study therefore assessed the level of awareness of tomato farmers and their readiness to adopt the hydroponics farming system. The sociodemographic determinants of their readiness to adopt hydroponic farming were also identified. Measures of central tendency and the logistic regression model were employed in the analysis of data. Knowledge of hydroponic farming was low among the farmers. Key positive determinants of awareness include distance to market, having government support and access to social media. More than three-fifths of the farmers were willing to adopt the hydroponics farming system. Such farmers had tertiary education, access to extension agents and relatively small farm sizes. High initial capital for adoption was the most critical limitation to the readiness of adoption of the system. Enhanced tomato output from this system may be a cause for its advocacy. Awareness and adoption of hydroponic farming can be increased if extension services are intensified. This will ensure food security and sustainable economic development.
Keywords:hydroponics farming system, tomatoes, awareness, willingness to adopt
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Version of Record
Publication date:01.05.2023
Year of publishing:2023
Number of pages:str. 43-50
Numbering:Vol. 20, no. 1
PID:20.500.12556/DKUM-92624 New window
UDC:631.589.2:635.64
ISSN on article:2820-610X
COBISS.SI-ID:154646531 New window
DOI:10.18690/agricsci.20.1.5 New window
Publication date in DKUM:25.04.2025
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Title:Agricultura scientia
Publisher:University of Maribor, University Press
ISSN:2820-610X
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Ali so pridelovalci paradižnika pripravljeni sprejeti hidroponski sistem kmetovanja v državi Oyo v Nigeriji?
Keywords:hidroponski sistem kmetovanja, paradižnik, zavedanje, pripravljenost sprejeti


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