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Factors Influencing Farmers Adoption of Improved Crop Production Technology in Katsina State, Nigeria

المصدر: مجلة الدراسات الافريقية
الناشر: جامعة القاهرة - معهد البحوث والدراسات الافريقية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Idris, Moukhtar Muhammad (Author)
المجلد/العدد: ع37
محكمة: نعم
الدولة: مصر
التاريخ الميلادي: 2015
الشهر: يناير
الصفحات: 1 - 16
ISSN: 6018-1110
رقم MD: 802756
نوع المحتوى: بحوث ومقالات
اللغة: الإنجليزية
قواعد المعلومات: EcoLink, HumanIndex
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كلمات المؤلف المفتاحية:
Logit | Log Odds Estimates | Odds Ratio | Marginal Effects | Improved Crop Production Technology
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المستخلص: Factors influencing the adoption of improved crop production tech¬nology in Katsina State, Nigeria are analysed in this study. The adop¬tion of improved crop production technology will help greatly in the provision of enough food to curb away poverty and improve foodinse- curity situation in the Country. The adoption is influenced by number of factors which has been broadly categorised into two i.e. Socio-Eco¬nomic (Fadama participant, age, education, awareness, primary occu¬pation, household size, marital status and status of the respondent while Institutional factors include belonging to a social group and technical assistance by the agricultural department. The findings found “fadama” participation, household size, status of the respondent and primary oc¬cupation to have statistically significant impact on the adoption of im¬proved crop production technology. The findings support the idea of mass mobilization in whetting the peoples’ appetite about new innova¬tions through governmental and Non- governmental agencies as well as judicious use of available resources especially water in actualization of maximum utilisation of natural resource endowment.

ISSN: 6018-1110