Analysis on Determinants of Adoption of Improved Wheat Technology in Liben Jewi District, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Milkias Dawit Kebede

doi:10.11648/j.ijaas.20200603.12

Abstract

Ethiopia is the second largest wheat producer in sub-Saharan Africa, after South Africa. In Ethiopia, wheat ranks fourth in total cultivated area and production. This study applied logit regression to examine determinants of adoption of improved wheat varieties in the Liban jewi district of West Showa zone Oromia region Ethiopia. The objective of the study is to analyze determinants that affect adoption of improved wheat varieties which exert significant influence on the adoption behavior of sample respondents in the study area. A total of 154 sample respondents drawn from 6 PAs of the district included in the survey. The model result shows that the adoption of improved wheat varieties by respondents in the study area was positively and significantly affected by farm size, livestock ownership, extension contact and access to credit, whereas, age of respondents, distance from market and distance from farmers training center had negatively and significantly influenced adoption of improved wheat varieties in the study area. 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.

Highlights

Agricultural technology is among the most impactful area of modern technology; play a key role in enhancing agricultural yield, poverty reduction and in improving national food security [29]
The government of Ethiopia has developed different ways of agricultural production strategy to enhance the productivity of smallholders, among various approaches Agricultural Development Led Industrialization (ADLI) is the one that had supposed to exploit the existing agricultural potential of the country, its prominence is for enhancement of productivity of the smallholder and industrialization through utilization of the domestic raw materials by using improved labor technologies
Improvement in production and productivity of a given crop depends, among other things, on presence and use of better and improved varieties and related agronomical practices. In line with this objective, a lot of efforts have been made by the research system to generate improved varieties with practical packages which were recommended by the researchers and were being promoted by extension systems, such as use of improved varieties, land preparation, application of fertilizer, application of chemicals, weed management, seeding rate, planting space etc. and as a result, many varieties have been released

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Introduction

Agricultural technology is among the most impactful area of modern technology; play a key role in enhancing agricultural yield, poverty reduction and in improving national food security [29]. The government of Ethiopia has developed different ways of agricultural production strategy to enhance the productivity of smallholders, among various approaches Agricultural Development Led Industrialization (ADLI) is the one that had supposed to exploit the existing agricultural potential of the country, its prominence is for enhancement of productivity of the smallholder and industrialization through utilization of the domestic raw materials by using improved labor technologies. Cereals are the major food crops both in terms of the area coverage and volume of production and accounts for 95% of agricultural production in Ethiopia and contributed 86.68% of the grain production. Wheat and teff are the most important cereals in terms of volume accounting for a total of 77% of all cereal production [6], According to the [7] reports maize, teff, wheat and sorghum have made 26.8%, 16.76%, 15.81% and 16.2% of the grain production respectively

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