Assessment of contributions of farmers’ children to crop production in odo-otin local government area of osun state, Nigeria

The study assessed the contributions of farmers’ children to crop production in Odo-otin Local Government Area of Osun State, Nigeria. A total of eighty farmers’ children were selected using simple random sampling. Structured interview schedule was used to collect data from the respondents and statistical tools used in analyzing the data were: frequency distribution, percentages and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC).The result of data analysis showed that majority of the farmers’ children interviewed were male (76.30%) and (76.30%) of respondents stayed with their parent. The result also showed that majority of the respondents (96.3%) claimed incentives as source of motivation for their contribution to crop production; almost half of the children interviewed (51.3%) considered no appropriate technology for farmers’ children as mild problem. The result also revealed that time spent on farm activities (r=0.844) had a strong significant relationship with level of contribution to crop production. Farmers’ children contributed greatly to crop production through their participation in farming activities mostly harvesting, fertilizer application and planting of crops. The study therefore recommends that Children should be adequately motivated to develop interest in agriculture in such a way that it will not affect their academics pursuit but choose agriculture as a career.