Abstract
This study was to examine factors affecting adoption of improved Jalenea potato variety in the study area in the year 2017. Primary data for the study were collected from respondents using structured interview schedule. Focus group discussions were conducted with farmer and stakeholders. The data were analyzed using mean, percentage, frequency, chi-square test, and T-test. Binary logistic regression analysis was employed to identify factors affecting adoption of the variety. Age of the household negatively and significantly affected adoption whereas sex of the household head positively and significantly affected the adoption. Non-farm activity and farm income had positive and significant effect on adoption. Advisory service from extension agents, attending training and field day, and membership of seed multiplication cooperative had also positively and significantly affected adoption of improved Jalenea potato variety. The finding highlighted the importance of institutional support in the area of extension; training and farmers’ cooperatives. Therefore, policy and development interventions should give emphasis to improving institutional support system. Key words: potato, binary loggit, determinants, odds ratio, management practices.
Highlights
In many developing countries including Ethiopia, agriculture plays a vibrant role in promoting economic growth and development
The respondents who have cultivated improved Jalenea potato varieties in the study area during the survey year and in any one of the year before the survey year of this study are considered as adopters
The result of the present study reveals that 61 of non-farm activity participants adopted the variety whereas only 46% of the non-participants of non-farm activity adopted the technology
Summary
In many developing countries including Ethiopia, agriculture plays a vibrant role in promoting economic growth and development. The importance of agriculture in Ethiopia is evidenced by its share in GDP (43%), its employment generation (80%), share of export (70%) and providing about 70% raw material for the industries in the country in 2012/2013 (UNDP, 2013). It is not surprising that policy action in Ethiopia is largely based on influencing the dynamism of the agricultural sector. Agricultural productivity in general and crop production in particular has been given heavy emphasis over the last two decades in almost all development policies and strategies of the country. The Agricultural Development Led Industrialization (ADLI) places very high priority on accelerating agricultural growth in order to achieve food security of the nation (Byerlee et al, 2007). Agriculture was the main focus of the 2002 Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Plan (SDPRP), and the 2004 Food Security
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