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Table 2 Socioeconomic characteristics of cowpea farmers across the surveyed areas in northern Nigeria in 2017

From: Appraisal of cowpea cropping systems and farmers’ perceptions of production constraints and preferences in the dry savannah areas of Nigeria

  Albasu Birnin Gwari Bunkure Dandume Danja Giwa Kaita Kajuru Makarfi Matazu Minjibir Tsanyawa Mean
Gender (%)
 Male 92 86 71 100 100 88 100 59 63 91 100 71 85
 Female 8 14 29 0 0 12 0 41 37 9 0 29 15
 Household size 15 18 10 16 13 18 14 8 10 15 10 15 14
 Field-days attendance 2 0 4 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 2 3 1
Contact with extension agent (%)
 None 29 60 29 76 72 60 50 29 37 17 54 24 44
 One to five times 37 31 40 17 17 29 23 63 43 29 9 53 33
 More than five times 34 9 31 7 11 12 27 7 20 54 37 24 23
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CABI Agriculture and Bioscience

ISSN: 2662-4044