Abstract
BackgroundRice cultivation is a new practice to Tselemti district of Tigray region, Ethiopia. Adoption of rice technologies is very slow in spite of its potential in the area. This research intended to identify factors affecting adoption of rice technologies.MethodsA multistage sampling technique was employed to select 150 sample households for this study. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were employed to see mean and percentage differences between adopter and non-adopter categories. Besides, binary logistic regression model was employed to identify the factors affecting adoption of rice technology.ResultsResult of the descriptive and inferential analysis showed that adopters had better farm size, livestock holding, farm income, labor availability, education level, perception on rice yield, access to credit service, contacts with extension agents, participation in off-farm activities, participation in training and field days as compared to non-adopters. Moreover, the binary logistic regression model result showed that the level of education, perception on rice yield, access to credit service, participation in off-farm activities, participation on field day and participation in training were found to positively and significantly influence the adoption decision of rice technology at 1%, 5% and 10% significant level. However, market distance influences rice technology adoption negatively and significantly at 10% significant level.ConclusionsThe variables education, rice yield, access to credit, off-farm activities, market distance, participation on field day and training determine the farmers’ continued adoption decision behavior of rice technology. Therefore, the adoption of rice technology should be sustained by paying attention and moving along with those variables which influenced the adoption significantly.
Highlights
Rice cultivation is a new practice to Tselemti district of Tigray region, Ethiopia
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ethiopian economy
Effects of explanatory variables on adoption of improved upland rice variety The descriptive statistics of the selected variables of the sample households examined in the study are presented in Tables 2 and 3
Summary
Adoption of rice technologies is very slow in spite of its potential in the area. The transformation toward a more manufacturing and industrially oriented economy is well underway, the agriculture sector continues to be the most dominant aspect of the Ethiopian economy, accounting for nearly 46% of gross domestic product (GDP), 73% of employment, and nearly 80% of foreign export earnings [1]. Rice has become a commodity of strategic significance in Ethiopia for domestic consumption as well as export market for economic development [3]. Rice is among the target commodities that have received due emphasis, by the government, for the promotion of agricultural production. Rice production has brought a significant change in the livelihood of farmers and created job opportunities for a number of citizens in different areas of the country.
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