Adoption of improved technology in Ethiopia

Abstract

One of the means by which farm level productivity can be increased is through the introduction and dissemination of improved agricultural technologies to farmers. This is possible if and only if, information on the adoption and risk taking behaviour of farmers is known in advance. While some studies have attempted to assess the factors behind the adoption behaviour of farmers, they have either been limited in scope or they focused on few selected locations and/or commodities. The objective of this study is to identify the factors, which exert significant influence on the adoption behaviour of farmers and the intensity of adoption from a nation survey. A total of 1920 farm household heads drawn from four National Regional States were included in the survey. The result shows that younger farmers, famers with larger land size, farmer living closer to market, and farmers who had closer contact with the extension system are more likely to adopt new technology and use it more. The result underscores the need for research and extension programs to be sensitive to the needs of farmers when developing and disseminating technologies that are relevant to their agro-ecologies.

Impact of Improved Wheat Technology Package Adoption on Productivity in Ethiopia

“…There exists a significant difference between adopters and non-adopters of wheat technology and information in terms of these demographic factors as depicted by the descriptive statistics. Male-headed households were found to be more probable in adopting improved wheat technology package fully and partially which is in line with the fact that female-headed households are endowed with less resource and are less exposed to new information and ideas according to Admassie and Ayele 2004. Besides, the descriptive statistics show that literate-headed household are more probable in adopting improved wheat technology package fully.…”

“…Besides, the descriptive statistics show that literate-headed household are more probable in adopting improved wheat technology package fully. This might be because education may make farmers more receptive to advice from an extension agent or more able to deal with technical recommendations that require a certain level of numeracy or literacy (Admassie and Ayele, 2004). On the other hand, households with relatively larger family size are less likely to adopt improved wheat technology package fully and partially which is a bit contradictory to the fact that such households, on one hand, do not face labor shortage that may be needed to manage the increased output which resulted from technology and information adoption and, on the other hand, higher family size necessitates increased productivity to feed the family.…”

Towards Cleaner Production: Certified Seed Adoption and Its Effect on Technical Efficiency

“…A household was considered an adopter if they utilized at least one type of certified wheat seed during the survey year. Other scholars [21][22][23][24] also measured adoption in this way. Using a multistage sampling approach, farmers were selected to constitute the sample for the study.…”

Determinants of High Yielding Wheat Varieties Adoption by Small-Holder Farmers: Evidence from Ethiopia

“…The results of various empirical studies confirmed that adoption of a new technology offers opportunities for increasing productivity and production. Assefa and Gezahegn (2010), Solomon et al (2011) and Hassen et al (2012) found that age of household head, educational status, livestock holding, non-farm income, sex, and information access plays important In the second stage, members of each kebele were stratified into two groups based on their adoption status of high yielding wheat varieties. Then, a total of 174 farmers were randomly sampled (87 from each group) taking into account probability proportional to size of households in each kebele for both groups.…”