Socio-economic characteristics of pig farmers as determinant of pig feeding pattern in Oyo state, Nigeria

摘要

Thispaperexaminesthesocio-economiccharacteristicsasdeterminantoffeedingpatternamongpigfarmersinOyostate,Nigeria.Thisisbasedonthehypothesisthatthedecisiontoadoptorrejectanyagriculturalinnovationisdeeplyrootedinthesocio-culturalandpersonalcharacteristicsofthetechnologyendusers.SixtypigfarmerswererandomlyselectedfromthePigFarmersAssociationinIbadan,Oyostate(withamembershipstrengthof601)andinformationontheirsocio-economiccharacteristicsandpig-feedingpatternwaselicitedthroughastructuredquestionnaire.Theresultshowsthat.pigfarmer'ssocio-economiccharacteristicsdeterminedthetypeoffeedingpatternusedfortheanimals.Thisimpliesthatfarmer'ssocio-economiccharacteristicssuchasage,gender,familysizeandeducationalstatusshouldbeconsideredasimportantlivestockproductionvariablesinthedevelopmentofimprovedtechnologiesandpolicyformulation.