TY  - JOUR
T1  - Determinants of Fertilizer Use in Northern Nigeria
AU - , Olawale E. Olayide AU - , Arega D. Alene AU - , A. Ikpi 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 6
IS  - 2
SP  - 91
EP  - 98
PY  - 2009
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2009.91.98
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2009.91.98
KW  - Soil fertility management
KW  -fertilizer
KW  -geographic information system
KW  -socio-economic domain
KW  -tobit
AB  - Farm-level decision concerning the use of fertilizer is governed by socio-economic and institutional factors, asmuch as by agronomic and ecological concerns. Using data from a sample of 320 farm households in 16 geo-referenced villages, this study assessed the determinants of fertilizer use in northern Nigeria. Results show that the intensity of fertilizer use increases with family labor and physical access to fertilizer, but declines with cultivated land and plot distance from homestead. Consistent with the population-induced innovation hypothesis, the evidence suggests that smallholder farmers use fertilizer more intensively than larger farmers. The study concludes with implications for policy aimed at land use intensification through increased fertilizer use among smallholders.
ER  -