Productivity Analysis of Maize Production Using Local and Improved Varieties in Selected Local Government Areas of Zamfara State, Nigeria
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Maize Varieties, Productivity Analysis, Regression, IInput-Output RelationshipAbstract
The study examined the productivity analysis of improved and local maize varieties in selected Local Government Areas of Zamfara State. Seven Local Government Areas were purposively selected for the study. Two Districts were randomly selected from each of the seven Local Government Areas. Two Villages were also randomly selected from each of the two districts in a Local Government Area. Through the use of simple random sampling ten farmers (five each for local and improved maize varieties) were selected from each of the villages and this gave a total of 280 farmers as the sample size. Data were collected by the use of structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using regression. The result showed a positive and significant (P<0.05) relationship between plot size, quantity of fertilizer applied and yield of improved maize. While increase in the quantity of seed (0.425) and fertilizer (0.374) led to significant increase in yield at 5% and 1% levels respectively for local maize production.
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