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Farmers’ Production Constraints, Knowledge of Striga and Preferred Traits of Pearl Millet in Jigawa State, Nigeria

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Title Farmers’ Production Constraints, Knowledge of Striga and
Preferred Traits of Pearl Millet in Jigawa State, Nigeria
 
Creator Dawud, M A
Angarawai, I I
Tongoona, P B
Ofori, K
Eleblu, J S Y
Lfie, B E
 
Subject Pearl Millet
 
Description A participatory rural appraisal was performed in order to identify farmers’ pearl millet
production constraints, preferred varietal traits and their knowledge about Striga hermonthica.
This was conducted in Dutse (Madobi and Kudai), Birninkudu (Kantoga and Kafingana) and
Kiyawa (Karfawa and Shuwarin) local governments of Jigawa state Nigeria. Questionnaires and
focus group discussion were used to gather information from 143 respondents. Results shows
that the five most important traits selected were resistance to Striga infestation, resistance to
downy mildew, tolerance to shattering, good quality local beverage, and tolerance to lodging.
The major constraints to production across all the districts were low soil fertility, Striga, downy
mildew, and high labour costs. Farmers had a good knowledge about Striga and their control
methods across the locations were hand-pulling and or hoe weeding.
 
Publisher Global Journals Inc
 
Date 2017
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10375/1/Farmers%E2%80%99%20Production%20Constraints.pdf
Dawud, M A and Angarawai, I I and Tongoona, P B and Ofori, K and Eleblu, J S Y and Lfie, B E (2017) Farmers’ Production Constraints, Knowledge of Striga and Preferred Traits of Pearl Millet in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Global Journal of Science Frontier Research: D Agriculture and Veterinary, 17 (3). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2249-4626