Evaluating the Influence of Soil Management Practices on Faremrs Productivity in Niger State: Exploring the role of Extension Education

Abstract

The study glimpsed at evaluating the influence of soil management on productivity among farmers in Niger state. It described the significant relevance of the subject matter as its lumped to farmers growth and sustainability. Paramount, the paper explained soil management practices and techniques used to protect and improve the quality of soil for sustainable agricultural production. it adopted descriptive survey research design to elucidate information and opinion on the topic. Purpose sampling technique was used to select the respondents (farmers) . The target population of the study was 84 farmers across the two local governments areas in Niger’s state including lapai ( 35) and paikoro (49) respectively. The objectives of the paper were to determine how extension education influences soil management among farmers. The paper concludes that, it is essential that government agencies and agricultural extension services prioritize and invest in extension education programs to support farmers in Niger State in adopting sustainable soil management practices. It therefore recommends that proper integration of soil health practices should be embedded in extension education programme in Nigeria as a whole