YIELDS OF FRESH MARKET TOMATOES IN ORGANIC PRODUCTION IN ZURU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KEBBI STATE, NIGERIA
Mshelizah R. J1, T. A. Manga2 , M. Y. Gele3, E. C. Dabai4, N.M. Kanah5 and I. S. Harande6.
1Department of Agricultural Extension and Management, College of Agriculture, P.M.B. 1018, Zuru, Kebbi State, Nigeria
2Department of Crop Production Technology, College of Agriculture, Zuru. Kebbi State,
3Department of Agricultural Technology, College of Agriculture, Zuru, Kebbi State, Nigeria.
4Department of Science, College of Agriculture, P.M.B. 1018, Zuru, Kebbi State, Nigeria
5Department of Home and Rural Economics, College of Agriculture P.M.B. 1018, Zuru, Kebbi State,
6Department of Animal Health Production, College of Agriculture, P.M.B. 1018, Zuru, Kebbi State,
ABSTRACT
The study examines the yields of fresh market tomatoes in Zuru LGA of Kebbi State. Specifically, the study identified the management practices of organic tomatoes and it also determines the yields of fresh market tomatoes. The sample size for this study was forty (40) organic tomato farmers, ten (10) farmers were randomly selected from four different villages. Structured Questionnaire was used to collect the data for this study. Simple descriptive statistics was used to summarize the stated objectives. The result of the descriptive statistics revealed that about 63% of the respondents practice crop rotation as cropping system they adopted and this same result shows that 70% of the respondents use composts manure on their organic tomato farm land. The study recommends that the organic tomato farmers should be exposed to other methods of increasing soil fertility other than the ones discussed in this work, as this will help boost their production capacity and obtain a higher yields of the crop.
Keys: Yields, Tomatoes, Organic Production and Kebbi State.
