Psychological Implications of the Use of Indigenous Knowledge in Aiding Agricultural Production among the Yoruba of South Western Nigeria

This paper is based on the interview of ten herbalists, ten Babalawo and twenty farmers and thus asks can one conclude that the love of money, material gain, poverty or yet to be identified via indigenous knowledge enhance farm produce for a better yield; what are some of the factors responsible for this act; what are the psychological implications on the farmer, his/her family and safety on the path of the consumers of such produce; and what is the position of Ifa towards the use of this indigenous intelligence in food production? Hence, it was revealed that there is no place where Ifa recommended the use of magic to enhance crop production, and to a large extent, the love of money, greed and material gain contribute a lot to the reason people indulge in such an act. The paper concludes that the outcome or end product of many of these methods is that it is not advisable to indulge in such an act of planting crops with magic.