Abstract
This study was conducted in Northern Ethiopia, Adwa district. The main objective of the study was to examine factors influencing allocation of land for improved wheat variety by smallholder farmers of the study area. Descriptive, inferential and econometric methods were used to analyze data. Results of descriptive and inferential analyses showed that; adopters had high family size in adult-equivalent, high number of tropical livestock unit, large land size, high frequency of extension contact, access to credit service, they were followed formal schooling, and they were nearest to main road and market as compared to non-adopters. Tobit model was used to analyze factors influencing adoption of improved wheat technology econometrically. A total of thirteen explanatory variables were included in the model. From the tested variables only eight variables (education level of household head, family size, tropical livestock unit, distance from main road and nearest market, access to credit service, extension contact and perception of household towards cost of the technology) were found to be the significant factors affecting adoption of improved wheat variety. Implication of results of this study is that any development intervention through improved wheat technologies should consider the aforementioned socioeconomic characteristics and determinants of adoption for success. Key words: Adoption of Improved wheat variety, Adwa, smallholder farmers, Topit model.
Highlights
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ethiopian economy
The descriptive statistics of some selected socioeconomic characteristics of sample farmers examined in this study are presented in Tables 2 and 3
As shown from the table, t-value was computed for all continuous variables and it was found to be statistically significant for family size in adult equivalent, education level, Tropical livestock unite (TLU), Average extension contact per month and farm size at 1% level of significance
Summary
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ethiopian economy. It employs 80% of the population and contributes about 41% of GDP and 86% of exports (Bingxin et al, 2011). Besides its contribution as the main income-generating sector for the majority of the rural population, it serves as the main source of household food consumption (Samia, 2002). The agricultural sector in Ethiopia is dominated by subsistence, low input, low output and rain-fed farming system. The use of improved seeds is quite limited despite government efforts to encourage the adoption of modern agricultural system and intensive agricultural.
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