Fertilizer Use and Kola Production in Southern Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigates the use of fertilizer for kola production. Random sampling technique was used to select 66 kola farmers from the study area. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data from the respondents and the data collected were analysed with the use of descriptive statistics. The result of the study showed that 59.16% of the respondents were of age 60 years and below, while 90.91% had a maximum of 5 hectares of farm size. Majority (90.91%) of the respondents do not apply fertilizer on kola plantation because of the non-availability of the product. However, 45.45% of the respondents are willing to accept training on the use of kola pod husk for compost making and 40.91% of the farmers are willing to apply the technology on their farms to solve the problem of fertilizer scarcity. The study however, recommended that kola pod husk compost training should be made available to kola farmers.