• Adetunbi S.I
• Adewole W.A
• Ayoade A.R
• Binuomote O.K

The general objective of the study is to determine the effects of involvement in socio-cultural activities on crop production of arable crop farmers in Ikenne local Government of Ogun state. Specifically, the study described the socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents, examined the socio-cultural organization of the respondents, determined the level of involvement in socio-cultural activities by the respondents and identified the benefits derived from involvement in socio-cultural activities. Multistage sampling technique was used in selecting 90 respondents for this study. Data was collected with the aid of well-structured interview schedule while descriptive statistical tools (frequencies, percentages, mean and weighted mean score (WMS)) and inferential tool (Paerson Product Moment Correlation) were used to present the results of the findings. The results of the findings revealed that majority of the respondents were male (67.1%), married (71.4%) with mean age of 42.5 years. Majority (71.1%) had farming as their primary education with mean farm size of 4.2 hectares, the mean household size of 6 members while the mean year of farming experience was 28years. Also, 95.6% of the respondents were members of socio-organization with 22years been the mean year of socio-organization experience. The major socio-cultural organizations of the respondents were religious association (92.3%) and cooperative societies (75.8%), the level of involvement in socio-cultural organization revealed that attendance of group meeting and bonding and togetherness with group members were jointly ranked first with the weighted mean score (WMS) of 2.3. The major benefits of involvement in sociocultural activities were Sharing risks, cost and adverse condition with members of the group (WMS=2.4) and access to market for the sale of farm produce (WMS=2.3). The major effects of socio-cultural activities on crop production were access to credit facilities such as loans and subsidies was ranked first with the weighted mean score (WMS=1.4) and Input Availability such as seedlings, fertilizers etc, Market access to farm produce and better price for the produce were jointly ranked second (WMS=1.3). The study concluded that respondents were active, agile and still in their productive age with small farm size and many years of farming experience. Religious association and cooperative society were the two major groups the respondents were mostly involved and therefore recommends that government, non-governmental associations and stakeholders in agriculture and rural development should further take advantage of religious institutions and cooperative society as existing structure in accessing farmers whenever there is need to disseminate information, farm inputs and subsidies to farmers and so on.

EFFECTS OF INVOLVEMENT IN SOCIO-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ON CROP PRODUCTION OF ARABLE CROP FARMERS IN IKENNE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF OGUN STATE, NIGERIA

"EFFECTS OF INVOLVEMENT IN SOCIO-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ON CROP PRODUCTION OF ARABLE CROP FARMERS IN IKENNE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF OGUN STATE, NIGERIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no.722-729, December-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2012298.pdf

"EFFECTS OF INVOLVEMENT IN SOCIO-CULTURAL ACTIVITIES ON CROP PRODUCTION OF ARABLE CROP FARMERS IN IKENNE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF OGUN STATE, NIGERIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 12, page no. pp722-729, December-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2012298.pdf