Relationship Between Personal Characteristics of Farmers and Adoption of the Recommended Cultural Practices of Faba bean in Siliam, Northern State of the Sudan

Abstract

The objective of this study is to determine the relationship between some personal characteristics of farmers of two blocks in Siliam Scheme in Northern state and adoption of some recommended Faba bean cultural practices. A closed ended questionnaire was developed to collect the required data from 60 farmers to establish association between variables. The collected data were statistically analyzed by using (SPSS) program. Frequencies distribution, percentage and chi-squire test were used as analyzing tools. The personal characteristics studied were the sex, age, education level, annual income, family size, kind of holding, the size of holding and the availability of the extension services. The recommended cultural practices were land preparation methods, sowing date, sowing methods, seed rate, number of irrigation, watering interval and period of harvest. Results showed that all the farmers were male the women help only during the harvest of the crop beside that 86.7% of the farmers reported that extension services were not available. It was appeared that there was no significant effect of the age and education status on the adoption of the recommended cultural practices but the net annual income, family size, kind of the holding and the size of the holding had significant effect on some recommended cultural practices. The results of the study revealed that there was a relationship between some personal characteristics of the farmers and adoption of some recommended cultural practices and there was a problem with the distribution of the extension services in the state.