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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