ASSESSMENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ADOPTION OF ORGANIC MANURE IN RELATION TO THE EARLY MATURITY OF THE MORINGA TREE IN UNGOGO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA,
Abstract
The study, conducted in 2024, aimed to analyze the socioeconomic factors influencing adoption
of organic manure early maturity of Moringa trees in ungogo local government area of Kano
State, Nigeria. Primary data were collected through a multistage sampling procedure using
structured questionnaires, with responses gathered from 195 Moringa farmers across three
randomly selected wards in the study areas. The majority of Moringa farmers were male
(62.56%) and married (75.4%), with a secondary education level (47.18%) and an average age of
47 years. (35.81%) had household sizes between 16 and 20 persons, and the average farming
experience was 10 years. However, there were disparities in access and adoption rates: 96.3% for
mobile phones, 67.9% for televisions, and 92.6% for radios. Logistic Regression indicated that,
Positive and statistically significant coefficients for household size and education indicated that
increases in these variables were associated with higher organic manure adoption. Farming
experience and membership in cooperatives, also showed positive and significant relationships
with organic manure adoption. Goodness-of-Fit, The -2 log likelihood was 88.680, suggesting a
good fit for the model. The Cox and Snell R² value was 0.298, indicating that 29.8% of the
variance in organic manure adoption was explained by the predictors. The Nagelkerke R² value
was 0.504, showing that approximately 50.4% of the variance in organic manure adoption was
explained by the model. Majority of the respondents, 57.95% of the farmers were members of
cooperatives, the majority of farmers (88.72%) were aware of the benefits of organic manure in
enhancing soil health with 75.38% of farmers were aware of how to apply organic manure and
97.95% were aware of the support provided by extension services or farmer groups and Use all
farmers (100%) utilized organic manure due to their engagement with social groups while
majority of the respondent’s awareness, 98.97% of farmers recognized the importance of land
resources in organic manure application with respondent’s awareness 50.26% were aware of
financial resources supporting organic manure use, while 49.74%
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