TEMPORAL VARIATION IN PERENNIAL CASH CROPS PRODUCTION IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA
Journal Title: ASIAN JOURNAL OF NATURAL & APPLIED SCIENCES - Year 2012, Vol 1, Issue 3
Abstract
Tree crops are the predominant agricultural produce from Ondo State but their production quantity over years vary from one crop to the other. Annual production of four important perennial cash crops (cocoa, rubber, palm kernel and cashew) were examined. This paper aim at examine the annual variation in term of percentage of production over twelve (12) years of observation. Available data were subjected to descriptive statistical analysis. Results indicated that cocoa account for 80.69%, palm kernel 15.61%, rubber 2.90% and cashew 0.79% of tree crops production in the State. However, the rate of appreciation were in order of cashew (40.99%), cocoa (6.44%), palm kernel (5.9%) and rubber (-1.26%) over the years of consideration. There is need to pay absolute attention to those crops that have low and negative rate of appreciation to avoid their extinction to save some companies that depend on them for their local production in the later years.
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O. S Afolayan, L. T Ajibade
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