عناصر مشابهة
Factors Influencing Farmers Adoption of Improved Crop Production Technology in Katsina State, Nigeria
| المصدر: | مجلة الدراسات الافريقية |
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| الناشر: |
جامعة القاهرة - معهد البحوث والدراسات الافريقية
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| المؤلف الرئيسي: | |
| المجلد/العدد: | ع37 |
| محكمة: | نعم |
| الدولة: | مصر |
| التاريخ الميلادي: | 2015 |
| الصفحات: | 1 - 16 |
| ISSN: | 6018-1110 |
| رقم MD: | 802756 |
| نوع المحتوى: | بحوث ومقالات |
| اللغة: | English |
| قواعد المعلومات: | EcoLink HumanIndex |
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| المستخلص: | Factors influencing the adoption of improved crop production tech¬nology in Katsina State, Nigeria are analysed in this study. The adop¬tion of improved crop production technology will help greatly in the provision of enough food to curb away poverty and improve foodinse- curity situation in the Country. The adoption is influenced by number of factors which has been broadly categorised into two i.e. Socio-Eco¬nomic (Fadama participant, age, education, awareness, primary occu¬pation, household size, marital status and status of the respondent while Institutional factors include belonging to a social group and technical assistance by the agricultural department. The findings found “fadama” participation, household size, status of the respondent and primary oc¬cupation to have statistically significant impact on the adoption of im¬proved crop production technology. The findings support the idea of mass mobilization in whetting the peoples’ appetite about new innova¬tions through governmental and Non- governmental agencies as well as judicious use of available resources especially water in actualization of maximum utilisation of natural resource endowment. |
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