Compliance Of Amaranth Farmers With Non-Usage Of Banned Agro-chemicals In The Selected Local Government Areas Of Ekiti State
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2017
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The study assessed the compliance of Amaranth farmers with non-usage of banned agrochemicals in the selected Local Government Areas of Ekiti State, Nigeria. The multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select one hundred and twenty farmers from the selected Local Government Areas. The Average age of the farmers was 41 years with 81.7% of them being makes. They had an average year of schooling (approximately 10 years) with an average annual income of N212,000.