Rapid Rural Appraisals (RRA) were conducted among one hundred and fifty five farmers in rice growing areas of Obafemi/Owode and Ifo Local Government Areas of Ogun State in South-West of Nigeria to investigate farmers’ practices of growing rice in rice/cassava intercropping system in 2007. The farmers in these villages cultivated 2 to 4 farms with an average farm size of about 2 ha. Results from the RRA showed that the farmers have been growing rice for over 21 years. About 31% of the farmers grow WAB 189- B-B-B-6-HB, 19% grow ITA 150 and I8% grow ITA 321 while 11% grow local variety ‘Ofada’. About 58% of the farmers practice intercropping and 41% of them intercrop rice with cassava. As 72% of the farmers introduced their cassava one week after the planting of rice and the most commonly used cassava variety is MS6. Also 10.9% of the farmers intercropped rice with vegetable as 40.6% intercropped the same rice with cassava.
Key words: Intercropping, rice, cassava, rapid rural appraisal (RRA).
Christopher, O , Ajayi, E , Kehinde, O , Akeem, O , Sunday, A & Suleiman, S (2021). Upland rice based intercropping system among farmers in selected villages in Ogun State in South west of Nigeria. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/upland-rice-based-intercropping-system-among-farmers-in-selected-villages-in-ogun-state-in-south-west-of-nigeria
Christopher, Okonji et. al. "Upland rice based intercropping system among farmers in selected villages in Ogun State in South west of Nigeria" Afribary. Afribary, 23 Feb. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/upland-rice-based-intercropping-system-among-farmers-in-selected-villages-in-ogun-state-in-south-west-of-nigeria. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Christopher, Okonji, Emmanuel Ajayi , Okeleye Kehinde , Oyekanmi Akeem , Aderibigbe Sunday and Sakariyawo Suleiman . "Upland rice based intercropping system among farmers in selected villages in Ogun State in South west of Nigeria". Afribary, Afribary, 23 Feb. 2021. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/upland-rice-based-intercropping-system-among-farmers-in-selected-villages-in-ogun-state-in-south-west-of-nigeria >.
Christopher, Okonji , Ajayi, Emmanuel , Kehinde, Okeleye , Akeem, Oyekanmi , Sunday, Aderibigbe and Suleiman, Sakariyawo . "Upland rice based intercropping system among farmers in selected villages in Ogun State in South west of Nigeria" Afribary (2021). Accessed December 23, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/upland-rice-based-intercropping-system-among-farmers-in-selected-villages-in-ogun-state-in-south-west-of-nigeria