ANALYSIS OF LAND USE CHANGE AND ITS EFFECT ON ARABLE CROP PRODUCTION IN SOUTH WEST, NIGERIA |

The impact of land use change on arable crop output in Nigeria's south west was investigated in this study. The study's primary data was gathered from 180 arable crop producers in the study area. Descriptive statistics, multiple regression analysis, and the Pearson Product Moment Correlation were among the analytical tools employed (PPMC). The average age of arable crop growers was discovered to be around 5510.29. The majority of the responders are married men with an average household size of around seven people. The average farm size was 1.85 hectares, with an average of 12 years of farming experience. Although agricultural purposes remained the most prevalent land use in the study area, the total land area formerly allotted for agricultural purposes experienced the biggest decline of all identified land use purposes in the study area, according to the study. Population density, land ownership type, land sales right, land lease right, and non-farm income were identified as factors that significantly increased the conversion of arable land into non-agricultural uses in the study area, while scale of production, full-time farming, and farm income were identified as factors that significantly reduced the conversion of arable land into non-agricultural uses. Increased arable land is also positively connected with increased overall arable crop output in the study area, according to the findings. This study, on the other hand, suggested that practises that promote the efficient and optimum use of land for agricultural purposes, such as commercial arable crop production, be encouraged among the people of the study area; and that relevant government agencies charged with land use regulation in Nigeria, through the proper implementation of the country's land use act, should protect the fertility of the land.

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