Challenges and Prospects in the Adoption of Modern Agricultural Inputs in Gimbo District, Kaffa Region, Southern Ethiopia

Abstract

The study was carried out to determine the challenges and prospects in the adoption of modern agricultural inputs in rural areas; in the case of Gimbo district. The data was collected from the farmer who lives in Gimbo District. The data for the study was collected from the sample of 100 farmers selected by simple random techniques from the three kebeles in Gimbo District. The adoption of agricultural input in the distinct is influenced by both demographic characteristics such as sex, age distribution, martial, family size, ox number, educational level and farm-land size and factors affecting adoption of modern agricultural inputs like extension contact, price of farm-inputs, price of farm-out puts, physical factors (level of infrastructural availability), agroecological factors such as (risk and uncertainty), credit availability and constrained, economical problem, family labor, information associated problem, availability distribution of inputs, the effectiveness of input, shortage of most needed inputs, accessibility of commodity market. The coordination between the farmers and extension service workers is necessary to achieve agricultural extensions strategies and to adopt different agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, improved seeds and so on. Keywords : Technology Adoption and Innovation, Improved seed, Agriculture, Fertilizer, Pesticides, Herbicides, Farmers and Extension agents (Das) DOI: 10.7176/PPAR/10-8-01 Publication date: August 31 st 2020