Knowledge, attitude and practices used in the control of Striga in maize by smallholder farmers of western Kenya
The production of maize is constrained by parasitic weeds, particularly Striga. A study was carried out to document farmers’ knowledge, attitude and practices on Striga control among smallholder farmers across three districts: Kisumu West, Busia and Teso South of Western Kenya. A multistage sampling...
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| author | Nambafu, G.N. Onwonga, R.N. Karuku, G.N. Ariga, E.S. Vanlauwe, Bernard Roing de Nowina, K. |
| author_browse | Ariga, E.S. Karuku, G.N. Nambafu, G.N. Onwonga, R.N. Roing de Nowina, K. Vanlauwe, Bernard |
| author_facet | Nambafu, G.N. Onwonga, R.N. Karuku, G.N. Ariga, E.S. Vanlauwe, Bernard Roing de Nowina, K. |
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| description | The production of maize is constrained by parasitic weeds, particularly Striga. A study was carried out to document farmers’ knowledge, attitude and practices on Striga control among smallholder farmers across three districts: Kisumu West, Busia and Teso South of Western Kenya. A multistage sampling technique was used to select the locations and farmers to be interviewed. A semi structured, open and closed ended questionnaire was administered leading to field experiment. Besides village meetings (39.2%), farmers got informed on farming methods under Striga weed farms and its control technologies through neighbours (2.5%), workshops and trainings (5.0%), field schools (3.7%), media (7.5%) and extension agents (10.8%). The attitudes of farmers towards Striga control varied but frequently cited: long term viability of the Striga seed (12.5%), difficult to control sharing of farm tools (10.8%), expensive technologies (13.3%), lack of adequate information (18.3%), labour intensive (15.0%), large farms for use of push and pull technology (1.7%) and time consuming (12.5%). Framers used various Striga control practices but traditional methods (25%) were among the most used (25%). Concerted effort involving researchers, extension agents and private sector are, therefore, required for wide scale dissemination and adoption of the existing modern control technologies. |
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| spelling | CGSpace760802023-02-15T07:09:11Z Knowledge, attitude and practices used in the control of Striga in maize by smallholder farmers of western Kenya Nambafu, G.N. Onwonga, R.N. Karuku, G.N. Ariga, E.S. Vanlauwe, Bernard Roing de Nowina, K. attitude knowledge striga maize The production of maize is constrained by parasitic weeds, particularly Striga. A study was carried out to document farmers’ knowledge, attitude and practices on Striga control among smallholder farmers across three districts: Kisumu West, Busia and Teso South of Western Kenya. A multistage sampling technique was used to select the locations and farmers to be interviewed. A semi structured, open and closed ended questionnaire was administered leading to field experiment. Besides village meetings (39.2%), farmers got informed on farming methods under Striga weed farms and its control technologies through neighbours (2.5%), workshops and trainings (5.0%), field schools (3.7%), media (7.5%) and extension agents (10.8%). The attitudes of farmers towards Striga control varied but frequently cited: long term viability of the Striga seed (12.5%), difficult to control sharing of farm tools (10.8%), expensive technologies (13.3%), lack of adequate information (18.3%), labour intensive (15.0%), large farms for use of push and pull technology (1.7%) and time consuming (12.5%). Framers used various Striga control practices but traditional methods (25%) were among the most used (25%). Concerted effort involving researchers, extension agents and private sector are, therefore, required for wide scale dissemination and adoption of the existing modern control technologies. 2014 2016-07-11T08:41:48Z 2016-07-11T08:41:48Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76080 en Limited Access Nambafu, G.N., Onwonga, R.N., Karuku, G.N., Ariga, E.S., Vanlauwe, B. & Roing de Nowina, K. (2014). Knowledge, attitude and practices used in the control of striga in maize by smallholder farmers of Western Kenya. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology. B, 4(3B). |
| spellingShingle | attitude knowledge striga maize Nambafu, G.N. Onwonga, R.N. Karuku, G.N. Ariga, E.S. Vanlauwe, Bernard Roing de Nowina, K. Knowledge, attitude and practices used in the control of Striga in maize by smallholder farmers of western Kenya |
| title | Knowledge, attitude and practices used in the control of Striga in maize by smallholder farmers of western Kenya |
| title_full | Knowledge, attitude and practices used in the control of Striga in maize by smallholder farmers of western Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitude and practices used in the control of Striga in maize by smallholder farmers of western Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitude and practices used in the control of Striga in maize by smallholder farmers of western Kenya |
| title_short | Knowledge, attitude and practices used in the control of Striga in maize by smallholder farmers of western Kenya |
| title_sort | knowledge attitude and practices used in the control of striga in maize by smallholder farmers of western kenya |
| topic | attitude knowledge striga maize |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76080 |
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