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THE PROBLEM
AND PROSPECTS OF COCOYAM PRODUCTION
ABSTRACT
It is a
common practice in Nigeria and other West Africa Countries especially in area
lying within the rainforest belt, with thick vegetation cover, the aim of
management should be to avoid excessive and inadequate level of farming system
and maintains sufficient for planting of cocoyam. The study therefore seeks to
examine and appraise the problems and prospects of cocoyam production in our
society, a case study of Ovia North East Local Government Area.
TABLE OF
CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
Background
of the study
Statement of
the problem
Research
questions
Purpose of
the study
Significance
of the study
Scope of the
study
Limitation
of the study
Definition
of terms
CHAPTER TWO
Historical
Literature review
CHAPTER
THREE
Research
methodology
Research
design
Population
of the study
Research
instrument
Data
collection
Statistical
techniques
CHAPTER FOUR
Data
presentation and interpretation of result
CHAPTER FIVE
Summary,
conclusion and recommendation
REFERENCES
QUESTIONNAIRE
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Cocoyam
(colocasia spp and xanthosoma spp) is grown in the tropical and sub-tropical
regions of the world particularly in Africa for human nutrition, animal feed,
and cash income for both farmers and traders (Onwueme and Chales, 1994).
Cocoyam is vegetative propagated using the corms and to a lesser extent the
cormels. As food for human consumption, the nutritional value parts of cocoyam
is primarily caloric (Davis et al, 1992). The underground cormels provides
easily digested starch; and the leaves are nutritious spinach like vegetable,
which give a lot of minerals, vitamins and thiamine (Tambong et al, 1997).
There are
two major types commonly grown in Nigeria namely; colocasia spp and xanthosma
spp. In Nigeria, it is regarded as a major crop especially in X2 female headed
household. Nigeria is one of the largest producers of cocoyam in the world
contributing about 40% of total annual production okinpshectares of land out of
the total arable land of 27,900.00 hectares under cocoyam production.
Cocoyam
grows in association with other food and tree crops a system mostly practiced
by subsistence farmers in Nigeria. The bulk of the production of cocoyam is in
South East, Nigeria (Enyinnia, 2001). Cocoyam
is regarded as a major food crop in Nigeria especially in female headed
households. Nwabuzor (2001) noted that cocoyam can be consumed in various forms
when boiled, fried, pounded or roasted. It can also be processed into chips
(“achicha”) which has a long shelf and provides food all year round especially
during lean planting season (Asadu, 2006). Cocoyam leaves are also used as
vegetable for preparing soup in various part of the world. There is a decline
in the yields of cocoyam on the past few years. As population pressure on land
continues to increases, the importance of cocoyam in ensuring household food
security is given adequate recognition even through the present yield are still
below expectation. This could be attributed to a lot of factors such as climate
variation, drought, poor cultural practices among cocoyam growers, pest and
diseases infestation (Ezenwu, 2010).
Despite the
usefulness of cocoyam corms and leaves in human nutrition, its production and
processing in Nigeria is faced with a lot of challenges. Some of these
challenges are the alarming rate of land degradation and lack of improved
varieties for commercial cocoyam and leaf production. Decreasing rainfall and
poor soil have also been identified as some of the challenges processing of
cocoyam in Nigeria (Osagoe, 2006). Therefore, this study was carried out with
the broad objective of ascertaining strategies for improving cocoyam production
and processing among women farmers in Edo State, Nigeria.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
In any human
endeavour, there are bound to be some obstacle or hindrance in any of achieving
exception to this general rule. Hence this research is designed to find out the
problem and prospects of cocoyam production in Ovia North East Local Government
Area of Edo State.
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The main aim
of the study is to examine and appraise the problem and prospects of cocoyam
production in our society, a case study of Ovia North East Local Government
Area.
To know the number of farmer producing
cocoyam in the local government area.
To
know the type of production system.
Identifying problem of cocoyam production
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
It is a
common practice in Nigeria and other West Africa countries especially in area
lying within the rainforest belt with thick vegetation cover, the aim of
management should be avoid excessive and inadequate level of farming system and
maintains enough stock raw materials in period of short supply and anticipate
price changes.
1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
This study
is centred on planning of cocoyam in our local government council (Ovia North
East) with more emphasis on cocoyam production. Survey is a broad discipline
that cannot be treated in full in this study. The researcher while trying to
obtain information from respondents encountered certain drawback which hindered
on farming system.
This
investigation had a very limited for the study and they only limited time for
the study and they only limited the work.
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This study
is centered on planting of cocoyam in our local government council (Ovia North
East) with more emphasis on cocoyam production. Survey is a broad discipline
that cannot be treated in full in this study. The researcher while trying to
obtain information from respondents encountered certain drawback which hindered
on farming system.
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Cocoyam:
Cocoyam are herbaceous perennial plants belonging to the family araceae and are
grown primarily of their edible roots, although all parts of the plant are
edible. Cocoyam that are cultivated as food crops belong to either the genus
colocasia or the genus xanthosoma and are generally comprised of a large
spherical corm (swollen underground storage stem), from which a few large
leaves emerge.
Problem: A
problem is a road block in a situation, something that sets up a conflict and
forces you to find a resolution.
Prospect: A
prospect is the possibility that something fabulous will happen. After you
graduate top of your class at Harvard, for example, your job prospects look
great.
Production:
The process of making or growing something for scale or use.
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