Effects of Soil Conservation on the Yield of Crops Among Farmers in Upper East Region of Ghana

This study was carried out in Talensi Nabdam District of Upper East Region of Ghana to assess the effect of soil conservation on the yield of millet and groundnut among farmers. Random sampling was used to select 50 farmers from seven communities namely Belungu, Kongo, Damolgo, Zalerigu, Dagliga, Nangodi, and Arigu. Questionnaires administered in the area provided primary data needed for analysis. Descriptive statistics was employed in describing the socio-economic characteristic of farmers and independent-samples t-test was used to compare the output of millet and groundnut farmers that adopted stonebunds, earthbunds, vertiver grass and manure by using SPSS. Male farmers 300 constituted the majority of adopters of the conservation methods and non-adopters represented 20. The group means 190.83 for output of adopters of stonebunds and 95.28 for output of non-adopters of stonebunds were significantly different. Farmers who adopted stonebunds had higher yield of groundnut than those who did not adopt stonebunds. The group means 158.95 for output of adopters of earthbunds and 173.83 for output of non-adopters of earthbunds were significantly different. Adopters of stonebunds had higher output of millet than non-adopters