KOGI STATE

Faculty of Management Sciences

Journal of MANAGEMENT

ISSN: 3212 - 3122

Mohammed Bello Baban‘Umma PhD., Yahaya Abubakar Sadiq PhD. & Musa Aliyu Ibrahim

Abstract

The study investigated the attitude of farmers to the use of erosion control measures in Anambra State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 120 farmers used for the study. Results shows that majority (99.2%) of the respondents indicated that rain water run-off and poor road construction respectively were the major causes of soil erosion in the area. All the respondents used mixed cropping, tie ridging and mulching as control practice against erosion. Challenges to farmers’ use of erosion control practices were unavailability of resource required and high cost of using the practice. The paper advocates that government at all levels should provide financial incentives to farmers so that they can afford some good erosion control practices which are costly for them.

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Keywords

environmental degradation, farmers’ attitude, erosion control practices.

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