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\parbox[b]{13.4cm}{\centering \large{\textbf{Tropentag, September 18-21, 2016, Vienna, Austria}}\\[1ex] \Large{``Solidarity in a competing world ---\\fair use of resources''\\[2ex]}}
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\Large{\textbf{Promoting Organic Farming in Nigeria: the Case of Vegetable Farmers in Southwestern Nigeria\footnote{\textbf{Contact Address:} Adekemi Obisesan, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Plot 16 Alaba Layout Stateline Off Futa, 340001~Akure, Nigeria, \mbox{e-mail}: \email{kemi_triumph@yahoo.com}}\\[0.8ex]}}
\normalsize{\textsc{Adekemi Obisesan, Remi Balogun}}
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\item[]{\small{\textit{Federal University of Technology, Akure, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Nigeria}}}
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Organic farming is crucial to resource management and enhancement of biodiversity. Despite this, adoption of organic farming systems remains low in southwest Nigeria due to a range of constraints. The study examined organic farming systems among vegetable farmers in Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria. Primary data were obtained for the purpose of this study using structured questionnaire. Multistage sampling procedure was employed in the selection of sixty organic farmers. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and likert scale. The mean age of the respondents was 45years and females actively participated in vegetable production like their male counterparts. The average years of farming experience and farm size of the vegetable farmers were 15 years and 0.9 hectares respectively. Most of the farmers employed both family and hired labour on their farms. The commonly grown vegetables in the study area are: African Spinach Jute, fluted pumpkin, Lagos spinach, okra, Indian spinach, and pumpkin. The organic practices employed by the vegetable farmers are: green manure, crop rotation, animal manure, planting of cover crops, intercropping and mulching. The farmers perceived that organic farming has a positive effect on the health of producers, consumers and the environment; improves the quality of vegetables planted but do not improve farmer's income. The major constraints to organic farming include high labour demand of all the activities involved in the practices, problem of accessing manure, high cost of organic fertiliser, high incidence of pests, slow compost decomposition and transportation. The study recommends that government, non"=governmental organisations and other development partners should improve farmers' access to organic materials, credit and infrastructural facilities. Farmers should be enlightened on the biological methods of pests control and consumers' knowledge on the health benefits of organic foods should be enhanced in order to increase farmers' income.}

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\noindent \textbf{Keywords:} Organic  farming, southwest Nigeria, vegetables
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