Perceived rural interventions for meeting the energy and agri-food needs of smallholder farmers in Imo State, Nigeria
| dc.contributor.author | Chikaire, J. U. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Godson-Ibeji, C. C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ogueri, E. I. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-13T10:57:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-13T10:57:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-12-09 | |
| dc.description | The article contains tables | |
| dc.description.abstract | The study examined rural intervention programmes for meeting the energy and agri-food needs of smallholder farmers in Imo State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to identify energy sources available to farmers in the study area; examine energy and agri-food needs of respondents and ascertain perceived rural interventions for meeting the energy and agri-food needs of respondents in the study area. A total of 360 smallholder farmers were selected and interviewed.Data were collected with a structured questionnaire and analyzed using percentages and mean. The available energy sources include human power (100%), mechanical power (70.5%), electrical power (66.6%), candles and kerosene (81.6%), charcoal/wood residues (78.8%). Energy is needed for cooking/preparing food (100%), crop production (100%), processing (88.5%) and the agri-food needs were to improve farmer livelihoods (66.6%), increase crop productivity (89.1%), reduction poverty (88.8%) among others. Rural interventions for meeting energy and agri-food needs included rural electrification programmes (M=4.09), standalone off grid energy solution (M = 3.91), agricultural mechanization (M=4.05), rural road /transport programmes (M=3.90) and training /retraining of both farmers and extension officers with mean of 4.08 and 3.41 respectively. Improved/clean energy facilities be provided to the rural populace by the relevant stakeholders – governments, donor agencies, NGOs, etc for improved livelihood and food security. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Chikaire, J. U., Godson-Ibeji, C. C. & Ogueri, E. I. (2020). Perceived rural interventions for meeting the energy and agri-food needs of smallholder farmers in Imo State, Nigeria, Advances in Agriculture, Horticulture and Entomology, 138(6) 1-5 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2690-1900 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.futo.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14562/1485 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Kosmos Publishers | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Agriculture | |
| dc.subject | energy | |
| dc.subject | farmers | |
| dc.subject | food | |
| dc.subject | poverty | |
| dc.subject | rural | |
| dc.subject | Department of Agricultural Extension | |
| dc.title | Perceived rural interventions for meeting the energy and agri-food needs of smallholder farmers in Imo State, Nigeria | |
| dc.type | Article |