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ABSTRACT

The study was carried out to determine the influence of soil survey education on cassava production in Akwa Ibom State. Two research objectives, and questions were raised to guide the study. Two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.5 level of significance. The survey design was used for the study. The population for the study was 2,464 respondents consisting of 1441 male and 1023 female registered cassava farmers in Akwa Ibom State. Using a multistage sampling procedure, a sample size of 370 cassava farmers consisting of 216 male and 154 female cassava farmers were used for the study. Data for the study were collected using the researcher’s structured questionnaire titled: Soil survey education on cassava production questionnaire (SSECPQ). The research instrument was validated by three experts. The reliability of the instrument was established using Pearson product moment correlation statistics which yielded a reliability coefficient of .85. Mean and standard deviation was used for answering the research questions, while t-test statistics was used for testing the null hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The findings show that soil survey education influence cassava production in terms of its accessibility and utilization by farmers. On the basis of the finding of the study, it was concluded that utilization of soil survey education by farmers could positively influence cassava production in the era of economic uncertainty in Akwa Ibom State. Based on the conclusion drawn, it was recommended among other things that training programmes aimed at educating farmers on the importance of soil surveys and how to apply the information in cassava production should be organized by the government of Akwa Ibom State.

Keywords: Cassava production, Soil survey education, Accessibility, utilization, Economic uncertainties