Adoption of agroforestry practices in Wamakko Local Government Area, Sokoto State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study assessed the adoption of agroforestry practices in Wamakko Local Government area of Sokoto State. Four districts were purposively selected for the study based on the dominance of agroforestry practices in those districts. Two villages were randomly selected from each of the selected districts. From each village, 30 farmers were conveniently selected given a total sample size of 240 respondents. Structured questionnaire was administered, retrieved and data sorted. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Results of the study indicated that, majority (70.8%) of the farmers were within the age bracket of 15 to 30 years and 78.3 percent were married and they had attended at least one form of formal education or the other. Furthermore, weighted mean score (wms=3.87) of the farmers stated that dispersed tree on cropland was highly practiced and adopted. To encourage agroforestry practice, incentives through the distribution of improved tree seedlings would assist greatly.