Adoption of improved groundnut seed and its impact on rural households’ welfare in Eastern Ethiopia

Adoption and impact of improved groundnut seed varieties among groundnut farmers: Case of Albasu Local Government Area of Kano State, Nigeria

“…Educated farmers have more exposure to the external environment and accumulated knowledge through formal learning, which enhances their ability to perceive, interpret, and respond to new events in the context of production. Similar results have been found in past works of adoption studies (Shiferaw et al 2010;Wainaina et al, 2014;Oyewole and Ojeleye, 2015;Ahmed et al, 2016).…”

“…The positive relationship between age and adoption of improved seed indicated that older farmers were more interested to adopt improved groundnut seeds than younger farmers. The result concurs with Shiferaw et al (2010) and Idoko and Sabo (2014), however, Oyewole and Ojeleye (2015) and Ahmed et al (2016) in contrast recorded negative relationship between age and adoption. The role of a farmer's age in explaining technology adoption has been controversial.…”

“…Farming experience was significant at 1% level of probability implying that farmers with more experience in groundnut production are more likely to adopt improved seed varieties than those lacking in these human capital assets. Shiferaw et al (2010) and Ahmed et al (2016) recorded similar results. It has been noted that experienced farmers have more knowledge, skills, and positive attitudes to farming that enables them to easily understand and be familiar with the benefits of new technology better than less experienced counterpart (Shiferaw et al, 2010;Ahmed et al, 2016).…”

“…Shiferaw et al (2010) and Ahmed et al (2016) recorded similar results. It has been noted that experienced farmers have more knowledge, skills, and positive attitudes to farming that enables them to easily understand and be familiar with the benefits of new technology better than less experienced counterpart (Shiferaw et al, 2010;Ahmed et al, 2016).…”

“…For educational qualification, it could be seen that a high proportion (46.0%) of the non-adopters had no formal schooling as compared to adopters (21%) ( Table 1). As this study was undertaken in the rural parts of the country, it is not surprising as confirmed by Ahmed et al (2016) where he revealed that about 64.8% of their sampled household heads did not attain formal schooling. Idoko and Sabo (2014) noted that farmers' level of education influences adoption of technologies positively, hence the likelihood adopting the improved groundnut seeds is higher among educated farmers than the uneducated respondents.…”