ASSESSMENT OF RAIN-FED AND IRRIGATED FARMING SYSTEMS OF SUGARCANE PRODUCTION IN BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT The study assessed rain-fed and irrigated farming systems of sugarcane production in Bauchi State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to describe the socio-economic characteristics; determine the productivity, determine the costs and returns, determine the level of improved technologies utilized and to examine constrains of sugarcane. A three – stage purposive sampling procedure was used to select 123 and 108 sugarcane farmers under rain-fed and irrigated farming systems respectively. This ...
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