Nigeria: How field day shapes farmers’ choice

Terkula Abuul is not conversant with cucumber farming despite doing well in other crop production on his farm in Benue State. Abuul said some cucumber farms he had come across in the state were not so impressive to inform his decision about delving in that direction. “It’s (cucumber farming) not to my taste, I’m discouraged. My maize farm is however doing well,” he said. For James Nager, cucumber farming is on his mind so long as there would be technical support to aid him with best agronomic practice for large scale production. “The cucumber I see on the farm here (Makurdi) is nutritious and good for the body. It’s doing well. I want to venture into it but I haven’t done it before,” Nager added. On her part, Mrs Ngunan Terna, a farmer who mainly specialise on rice and maize farming during the wet and dry seasons, opined that the need for more knowledge to enhance production as well as delve into other crops cultivation cannot be overemphasised. The female farmer alongside Nager ...