Table 7 Farmers’ perception of the major type of damage caused by erosion on crops on farmland.
Variables | Perceived type of damage caused by erosion | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reduction of soil fertility | Caused gully | Caused farm pathway destruction | Reduced crop yield | Predisposed farm to other pest | |
Age | |||||
≤ 30 | 42 (10.80) | 36 (9.50) | 39 (10.08) | 37 (10.08) | 33 (10.38) |
31–40 | 112 (28.79) | 113 (29.82) | 110 (28.42) | 105 (28.61) | 83 (26.10) |
41–50 | 110 (28.28) | 107 (28.23) | 112 (28.94) | 106 (28.88) | 94 (29.56) |
51–60 | 86 (22.11) | 83 (21.90) | 85 (21.96) | 81 (22.07) | 72 (22.64) |
Above 60 | 39 (10.03) | 40 (10.55) | 41 (10.59) | 38 (10.35) | 36 (11.32) |
Linear-by-linear association 0.1503 (P = 0.006)*** | |||||
Gender | |||||
Male | 287 (73.78) | 276 (72.82) | 283 (73.13) | 269 (73.30) | 239 (75.16) |
Female | 102 (26.22) | 103 (27.18) | 104 (26.87) | 98 (26.70) | 79 (24.84) |
Linear-by-linear association 0.0583 (P = 0.602) | |||||
Marital status | |||||
Married | 311 (79.95) | 307 (81.00) | 309 (79.84) | 290 (79.02) | 257 (80.82) |
Single | 35 (9.00) | 31 (8.18) | 33 (8.53) | 34 (9.26) | 30 (9.43) |
Widow | 27 (6.94) | 27 (7.12) | 28 (7.24) | 28 (7.63) | 18 (5.66) |
Divorce | 11 (2.83) | 11 (2.90) | 12 (3.10) | 11 (3.00) | 10 (3.14) |
Separated | 5 (1.29) | 3 (0.79) | 5 (1.29) | 4 (1.09) | 3 (0.94) |
Linear-by-linear association 0.1121 (P = 0.100)* | |||||
Household size | |||||
≤ 5 | 218 (56.04) | 212 (55.94) | 214 (55.30) | 204 (55.59) | 183 (57.55) |
6–10 | 171 (43.96) | 167 (44.06) | 173 (44.70) | 163 (44.41) | 135 (42.45) |
Linear-by-linear association 0.0316 (P = 0.0371)** | |||||
Level of education | |||||
No formal education | 92 (23.65) | 92 (24.27) | 95 (24.55) | 91 (24.80) | 74 (23.27) |
Primary education | 76 (19.54) | 75 (19.79) | 76 (19.64) | 75 (20.44) | 64 (20.13) |
Secondary education | 190 (48.84) | 182 (48.02) | 184 (47.55) | 170 (46.32) | 157 (49.37) |
Post-secondary education | 31 (7.97) | 30 (7.92) | 32 (8.27) | 31 (8.45) | 23 (7.23) |
Linear-by-linear association 0.4434 (P = 0.0014)*** | |||||
Income per cropping season (Naira) | |||||
≤ 200 | 362 (93.06) | 354 (93.40) | 361 (93.28) | 343 (93.46) | 294 (92.45) |
201–250 | 7 (1.80) | 6 (1.58) | 7 (1.81) | 5 (1.36) | 5 (1.57) |
251–300 | 8 (2.06) | 8 (2.11) | 8 (2.07) | 8 (2.18) | 8 (2.52) |
301–350 | 8 (2.06) | 8 (2.11) | 8 (2.07) | 8 (2.18) | 8 (2.52) |
Above 350 | 4 (1.03) | 3 (0.79) | 3 (0.78) | 3 (0.82) | 3 (0.94) |
Linear-by-linear association 0.0096 (P = 0.0936)* | |||||
Secondary occupation | |||||
Civil servant | 52 (13.37) | 48 (12.66) | 51 (13.18) | 45 (12.26) | 37 (11.64) |
Private business | 320 (82.26) | 316 (83.38) | 320 (82.69) | 304 (82.83) | 267 (83.96) |
Student | 17 (4.37) | 15 (3.96) | 16 (4.13) | 18 (4.90) | 14 (4.40) |
Linear-by-linear association 0.0071 (P = 0.1830) | |||||