Farmers’ perceptions and willingness to adopt egg and snail shells as alternative calcium sources for poultry production in the Western region of Ghana

Boakye, Alfred Kelvin; Asante, Bright Owusu; Akutinga, Solomon; Agyeman, Daniel; Prah, Stephen; Idan, Frank; Antwi, Christopher; Asante, Irene Serwaa

doi:10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100818

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“…Referring to the theory of TAM Davis (1989), PU is defined as the extent to which an individual experience the implementing a specific new system will improve work performance. Farmers' willingness to adopt technology can be influenced by various factors such as farmer involvement in organizations, access to credit, membership in farmer associations, visit activity by agricultural extension workers and level of education (Boakye et al, 2023). Farmers' willingness adopt the Agro-ecological progress using non-psychological drivers which is technically has an impact on the economy, human resources, and agricultural structure (Laksono et al, 2022).…”

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The Willingness of Farmers to Adopt Innovations from Farmer-Owned Enterprises (BUMP)

Wicaksono,

Kusuma,

Permanasari

et al. 2024

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A Method to increase the capacity of farmers is through farmer institutions. BUMP or know as (Farmer-Owned Enterprise) is one of the farmer institutions which incorporate in the agricultural commodity association. BUMP is helpful association for increasing farmer’s income and knowledge, facilitating farmers in obtaining production facilities and also capital, and facilitating the sale of crops to increase the productivity of agricultural products. However, behind the benefits provided, there are challenges that must be faced related to the willingness of farmers to adopt innovations. This study pays attention to how the influence of self-efficacy and attitude on the willingness to adopt is supported by the variables Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Usefulness. This research was conducted in Dadaplangu Village, Ponggok District, Blitar Regency. Respondents in the study consist of 35 members of Gapoktan Rukun Sentosa who were taken by a saturated sampling technique. The result analysis of this study using SEM PLS showed that self-efficacy, attitude, perceived ease of use, and perceived usefulness influenced the farmers' willingness to adopt the innovation.

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confidence: 99%