Assessment Of Farm Record Keeping Among Farmers In Etsako East Local Government Area Of Edo State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study assessed the status of record keeping among farmers in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. Sample for the study comprised one hundred and twenty (120) farmers who were selected using simple random sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data which were analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistical tools. Majority of the farmers were fulltime farmers (84.17%), males (54.17%), aged between 51-60 years (34.17%) with almost half of the respondents (47.50%) having no formal education. Record keeping status was low as only 18.3% of the respondents kept any form of record..Major reasons adduced for not keeping farm reasons for not keeping farm records were lack of knowledge (39.8%) and not considered necessary which were (34.7) Chi-square test showed that there were significant relationships between the farmers' educational level (X² = 32.125; p? 0.05), types of enterprise (X² = 16.185) and farm record keeping status. The t- test result shows that there were significant differences between the age (t = 4.427; p=.003) and years of farming experience (t= 2.337; p=.009) of record keepers and non record keepers. The study recommends adult literacy programme for farmers in Etsako East LGA and capacity building of the farmers on farming as a business venture.