Exploring farmer’s assessment of soil quality and root yield in cassava-based cropping systems

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationFederal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifier
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssas.2024.06.003
cg.issn1658-077X
cg.issue8
cg.journalJournal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.iitaAGRONOMY
cg.subject.iitaCASSAVA
cg.subject.iitaCLIMATE CHANGE
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITY
cg.subject.iitaPLANT PRODUCTION
cg.subject.iitaSOIL FERTILITY
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactPlatformNutrition, Health and Food Security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hunger
cg.volume23
dc.contributor.authorMesele, S.A.
dc.contributor.authorSoremi, P.S.
dc.contributor.authorAdigun, J.K.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-14T10:40:58Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-14T10:40:58Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/168955
dc.titleExploring farmer’s assessment of soil quality and root yield in cassava-based cropping systemsen
dcterms.abstractFarmers’ knowledge of soil quality and yield assessment were evaluated among cassava farmers in southwestern Nigeria. Data were collected on farmers’ demography, farming experience, criteria for selecting a site for cassava cultivation and preferences for those criteria, farmers’ methods of yield prediction and how it compares with the scientific approach, farmers’ agronomic knowledge and how it relates to the realities of climate change and soil fertility decline. The modal age class of the farmers is 45–55 years, and most of the farmers are male. The results show that farmers use a combination of soil and vegetation-based criteria to assess soil quality from which the decision to cultivate a given land is made. Among the soil-based criteria, soil drainage, colour, and depth rank the most and most used. Most of the farmers assessed yield before harvesting through green healthy leaves (25 %), large and shiny stems (25 %) and soil cracks (50 %). The predicted and measured cassava yields on farmer-managed farms were comparable, with an R2 of 0.63, although farmers overestimated the cassava root yield. There is a unanimous consensus among farmers that yield has declined in the last decade, with a mean of 36 %. The main cause of yield decline was attributed to declining rainfall and poor soils. Our study concluded that farmers have a good understanding of soil health and cassava agronomy through a process of trial and error and ingenuity as farmers’ local indices were consistent with conventional soil health indicators. It was suggested that, by recognising and incorporating traditional methods used by farmers to assess soil quality, we could enhance soil management strategies and raise productivity at the farm level.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.available2024-06-28
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMesele, S.A., Soremi, P.S. & Adigun, J.K. (2024). Exploring farmer’s assessment of soil quality and root yield in cassava-based cropping systems. Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, 23(8), 533-541.en
dcterms.descriptionOpen Access Articleen
dcterms.extent533-541
dcterms.issued2024
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.subjectcassavaen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectknowledgeen
dcterms.subjectsoil fertilityen
dcterms.subjectyieldsen
dcterms.subjectassessmenten
dcterms.subjectsoil qualityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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