Assessment of Sorghum/Soybean Farmer’s Perception on the Benefits of Strip Intercropping Techniques In Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State, Nigeria

The study assessed sorghum/soybean farmer’s perception on the benefits of strip intercropping techniques in Tofalocal government area of Kano State, Nigeria.Data for the study was obtained through the use of structured questionnaire administered on seventy-five(75) respondents. Two specific objectives were raised; to determine the benefit derived by sorghum/soybean strip intercropping farmer before adoption and after adoption in terms of output and to describe sorghum/soybean farmers’ perceptions on other benefits of strip intercropping techniques and sources of information regarding the techniques. Result of study shows that100% ofthe respondents practiced sorghum/soybean strip intercropping techniques at 4:4 crop arrangements where TGX-1835-10E and TGX-1448-2E soybean varieties and CSR01, SK, ICSV400 and GAYA EARLY sorghum varieties were used for the period of 4 years, giving rise to 2-rotations.The study revealsed that there was high increase in the level of output gotten by the farmer, soil fertility restored, incidences of pest and disease infestation reduced and reduction in maturity periods of crops. The problems reportedwere that of the first and third sorghum varieties given (SK and ICSV400 sorghum varieties) in which the former displays a misfit to their ecology and the latera short stalk and small seeds similar to their local varieties, and also constraint of not having basic farm inputs to carry out their farming activities was also reported and a meager cases of insect pest infestation. Conclusively, this technique is highly beneficial to the farmers in the study area. It is therefore recommended that inputs should be made available to these farmers before the rainfall season.