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FACTORS INFLUENCING FARMERS’ USE OF LAND RECLAMATION PRACTICES IN ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA: APPLICATION OF MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC ANALYSIS

Obani Izuchukwu Precious, Odom Clement Nkwaegbu, Enwerem Belusochukwu, Enwere V,
05-2026
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The study analyzed the factors affecting farmers' use of land reclamation practices in Anambra State, Nigeria. Data for the study were obtained with a structured questionnaire from 172 food crop farmers selected through a multistage sampling procedure. Descriptive statistics was used to determine the level of used land reclamation practices, while inferential statistical technique (Logit model) was used to estimate the factors affecting farmers' use of land reclamation practice (X = 15) among the farmers, and land filling was better practiced than the other land reclamation practices. Factors affecting farmer's use of land reclamation practices were level of education, farm size, extension contact, annual farm income, social organization membership, availability of land reclamation technology and access to information. In order for land reclamation practice to mitigate the land degradation and soil fertility loss experienced in Anambra State, government should adequately motivate the extension personnel to follow up the use of the introduced land reclamation practices by the farmers.