Table 1 Socio-economic characteristics of respondents.
Variable | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
Ready market last year | ||
No | 70 | 12.2 |
Yes | 506 | 87.8 |
Total | 576 | 100 |
Gender | ||
Male | 446 | 77.4 |
Female | 130 | 22.6 |
Total | 576 | 100 |
Age group of farmers (years) | ||
18–45 | 328 | 56.9 |
46–60 | 180 | 31.2 |
Greater than 60 | 68 | 11.8 |
Total | 576 | 100 |
Educational level of maize farmer | ||
No formal education | 207 | 35.9 |
Primary school | 84 | 14.6 |
JHS/JSS/Middle school | 200 | 34.7 |
SHS/SSS | 69 | 12 |
Tertiary | 16 | 2.8 |
Total | 576 | 100 |
Number of plots | ||
One plot | 454 | 78.8 |
More than one plot | 122 | 21.2 |
Total | 576 | 100 |
Group membership | ||
No | 436 | 75.7 |
Yes | 140 | 24.3 |
Total | 576 | 100 |
Access to extension | ||
No | 331 | 57.5 |
Yes | 245 | 42.5 |
Total | 576 | 100 |
Access to credit | ||
No | 475 | 82.5 |
Yes | 101 | 17.5 |
Total | 576 | 100 |
Access to good roads | ||
Bad (tarred with potholes/rough and marshy) | 292 | 50.7 |
Good (asphalt/tarred but not asphalt/rough and smooth) | 284 | 49.3 |
Fertilizer use | ||
No | 207 | 35.9 |
Yes | 369 | 64.1 |
Total | 576 | 100 |
Pesticides use | ||
No | 560 | 97.2 |
Yes | 16 | 2.8 |
Seed variety planted | ||
Traditional | 346 | 60.1 |
Improved | 230 | 39.9 |
Total | 576 | 100 |
Land fragmentation | ||
Owned more than one plot | 223 | 38.7 |
Owned only one plot | 353 | 61.3 |
Total | 576 | 100 |