@article{Omotesho:97093,
      recid = {97093},
      author = {Omotesho, O.A. and Fakayode, S.B. and Tariya, Y.},
      title = {Curtailing Fertilizer Scarcity and Climate Change; an  appraisal of Factors Affecting Organic Materials Use Option  in Nigeria’s Agriculture},
      address = {2010-09},
      number = {308-2016-5064},
      pages = {18},
      year = {2010},
      abstract = {Global trends nowadays towards long term sustainable crop  production is hinged on either
supplementing the use of  chemical fertilizers with organic materials or a complete  use of organic
materials. This is more so since  substituting chemical fertilizers with organic materials  reduces
the risks of exposure to ailments that arise on  account of synthetic compounds and increases
farmers’ gains  via reduced soil erosion and carbon emissions and increased  bio-diversity. In this
vein, the current study investigated  organic materials use in Nigeria’s agriculture.  Specifically,
the study examined availability and use of  chemical fertilizer and organic materials substitutes
and  investigated factors affecting the use of organic materials  in the Nigerian food sector. The
study data were drawn from  a survey of sixty-one farm households that used organic  materials
as major nutrients inputs or as supplement with  chemical fertilizers for their cropping activities.
The  study area is Shira in Nigeria. Farmers in this area  usually incorporate the use of organic
materials in their  agriculture. The descriptive statistics and regression  analyses were used to
analyse the study data. Results  indicate that farmers in the study area source their  chemical
fertilizer inputs from the open market at an  exorbitant price of N2000 (US dollar $13.8) per bag
on  average thereby using very low rates of chemical  fertilizers. Organic materials used by
farmers were sourced  from cattle, goats, sheep and poultry droppings. The  quantity of organic
material used was 12,513.0 kg per  hectare at a cost of N15,015.6 (US dollar $103.5).  Major
constraints in the use of organic materials by  farmers include poor transport facilities and
cutworm  infestations of the organic materials. Factors revealed to  influence the quantity of
organic material used by farmers  were the cost of organic materials and the quantity of  chemical
fertilizers used by the farmers. The study  therefore calls for stakeholders in the food sub-sector
to  encourage the establishment of blending plants for the  production of organic materials,
burning of organic  materials before usage, and the need to enhance researches  aimed at
establishing optimal material mixtures and  application rates for organic materials used in  the
Nigerian farming systems.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/97093},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.97093},
}