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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE USE INTENSITY OF LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES BY FARMERS IN OSUN STATE NIGERIA

. Abiola Adebunmi OLARINRE and Job Olatunji OLADEEBO


Abstract

Land Management is an important area of productive agriculture to look into especially now that we have the problem of insurgence and farmers unable to reach their farmlands. Effective land management practices can boost crop productivity leading to food security and the factors that will help achieve this need to be identified. The objective of this study was therefore to identify factors influencing the use intensity of land management practices of farming households in Osun State, Nigeria taking their food security into consideration. Multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select two hundred and forty households in sixteen local government areas spread across the three ADP zones of Osun State. Data were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire and analysed using Food Security Index and Fractional Multinomial Logit Model. The result of food security index showed that 18.33percent of the farmers in the study area are not food secured and 81.67percent are food secured. The land acquisition methods and land management practices positively influenced the use intensity of land management practices and food security respectively all at 1%. The research therefore recommended more awareness on the effective use of land management practices and formulation of policies that would make more land available to farmers.

KEYWORDS: Land Management Practices, Food Security, Osun State.

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