Abstract
This paper presents the role, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of FRG in agricultural technologies adoption and dissemination in the central highlands of western Shewa Oromia Ethiopia. Two sub-districts were selected because of the presence of different FRGs. The objective of the study was to investigate FRG approach is an approach which helps farmers to adopt new agricultural technologies. Data were collected by multi-stage sampling methods SWOT analysis, group discussion; key informant interview, mapping and task analysis were employed for data analysis. A total of one hundred thirty (130), interviewers were participated as individual households and group discussion where 54 from FRG members and 76 non- members. Data were analyzed in qualitative and SWOT analysis. The Results of analysis reveal that roles of FRG were enhancing new agricultural technologies adoption and dissemination. As Strengths voluntary participation and organization, simple chain of command, improve interaction with group and strong linkage with agricultural researchers. As weakness documentation, recording and handling of data wear not well organized. As an opportunity policy and enabling policy of the country favored group work, non participant farmers show a tendency of organizing themselves by FRGs, availability of improved agricultural technologies and very positive mutual understanding and perception about agricultural researchers. As a threats there is no expected support from district agricultural office, less participation of stakeholders except agricultural researchers, very less women participation, no body take responsibility to access stable market. Keywords : FRG, Agricultural technologies ,Adoption, Dissemination, DOI : 10.7176/JBAH/9-12-03 Publication date :June 30 th 2019
Highlights
Ethiopia is one of the least developed countries in the world with a total population of more than 100 million (CSA, 2019)
Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ethiopian economy, contributing 41.4% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), 83.9% of the total exports, and 80% of all employment in the country (Matousa, Todob, & Mojoc, 2013).Increasing agriculture productivity is obviously a major immediate goal of any agricultural program
The Roles of FRG in Enhancing agricultural technology Adoption As a result intrercaction and sharing of information, knowledge among farmers, extension workers and researchers to enhance adoption.FRG use as technology testing and dissemination lets farmers participate so that enables them to choose and adopted technologies suitable to their situations .The investegated FRG farmers have an apportunity to be part of agricaltural research and extension which was not considered in the conventional extension systems in the countory.The study examine and discusses to investigated FRGs followes the steps of agricaltural resrearch proceduer as follow
Summary
Ethiopia is one of the least developed countries in the world with a total population of more than 100 million (CSA, 2019). Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ethiopian economy, contributing 41.4% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP), 83.9% of the total exports, and 80% of all employment in the country (Matousa, Todob, & Mojoc, 2013).Increasing agriculture productivity is obviously a major immediate goal of any agricultural program. As Bunch (1991) has indicated most programs see their roles as that of teaching farmers a set of innovations that will increase productivity. Research and technology development policies have been criticized for being misguided and resulting in interventions that have failed to significantly improve low-external-input farming systems, as they focus mainly on high input agriculture (Chambers & Jiggins 1986). Agricultural extension plays an important catalytic role in agricultural and rural development as it brings the farming community information and new technologies that can be adopted to improve production, incomes and standards of living. Agricultural extension provides a channel by which farmers’ problems are identified for research and modification of agricultural policies
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