Abstract:
Farmers in Nigeria are
unpredictable unlike other developing
countries where a good agronomic
practices are used for a sustainable
increase in rice production as result, the
demand for rice consumption far
overweighs rice production. This study
presented empirical findings on the
sustainable agricultural practices and its
constraints among the rice farming
households in one selected state of
Nigeria. The study utilized primary data
collected in 2019 using a four stage
random sampling techniques. A total
sample of 150 rice farmers was collected
with the use of descriptive statistics,
Likert-type scale and multinomial logistic
regression model for analysis. The result
indicates that the recommended
sustainable agricultural practices (SAP)
least adopted were the use of High
Yielding Variety seed and agrochemicals
probably due to their high cost. The
factors that influences the full usage of
SAP in rice farming were farm size, level
of education, farming experience,
extension contact and access to credit.
Also, farm size and access to credit also
influenced the partial usage of SAP. The
major constraints limiting the usage were
high cost of fertilizers, high cost of
improved seed and unavailability
agrochemicals. The study recommends
that extension agents should visit local
farmers more often and carry out more
demonstrations on the usage of SAP.
