FACTORS AFFECTING ADOPTION OF HAND POLLINATION TECHNIQUE BY COCOA FARMERS IN ONDO STATE OF NIGERIA
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ABSTRACT
In this study, our focus was to carryout a critical analysis on the factors affecting adoption of hand pollination technique by cocoa farmers in Ondo state of Nigeria. The study specifically was aimed at ascertaining the socio-economic and production factors affecting adoption of hand pollination technique by cocoa farmers. The study adopted the survey research design and randomly enrolled participants in the study. A total of 80 responses were validated from the enrolled participants where all respondent are active cocoa farmers in Ondo state. The result showed that the factors that influence farmers knowledge on the application of hand pollination includes gender, age, educational level, farming experience, farm size and cocoa income it shows the factors that influences farmers perception of hand pollination application. Farm size was also observed to correlates positively with the output or yield of cocoa since a larger farm size will lead to majority of the trees been hand pollinated but will only be possible if and only if the farmers knowledge and perception is increased.
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