Comparative analysis of the performances of adopters and non-adopters of yam minisett technology in Kwara State, Nigeria.
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2012
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School of Agriculture and Agricltural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri
Abstract
This study compares the technical efficiency of the
adopters and the non-adopters of yam minisett
technology in Kwara State, Nigeria in 2011. It also
describes the socio-economic characteristics of the
farmers, examines their awareness about the
technology and also determines the technical
efficiency of the respondents. The study was
conducted in Asa Local Area of the state based on
the prior information obtained from the state’s
Agricultural Development Project (Kwara State
ADP) that yam minisett technology was more
practised in the area than any other part of the
state. Primary data obtained from sixty-four
farmers, comprising thirty-two adopters and thirtytwo
non-adopters of the technology was used for
the study. Descriptive statistics and stochastic
production frontier model were used for the
analyses. The results showed that the adopters
were made up of young, educated farmers who
were members of farmers’cooperatives and had
access to extension services. On the other hand,
majority of the non-adopters were old, with less
formal education and had no access to extension
services and participation in cooperative societies.
Analysis of the technical efficiency model revealed
that the adopters and the non-adopters of the
technology were 80% and 62% efficient
respectively. This creates a wide gap between the
adopters and the non-adopters of the innovation.
Therefore, the study recommends sensitization of
the farmers on the technology and its relevance to
agricultural production, intensification of extension
services by relevant agencies to educate the
farmers on the technology, encouragement of the
youths to actively participate in agriculture and
apply the technology as well as formation of
cooperative societies by the farmers to facilitate
training and sharing of experience about the
technology.
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Yam minisett technology, technical efficiency, adoption, training
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Omotesho, O. A., Falola, A., Muhammad-Lawal, A. & Oyeyemi, A. (2012): Comparative analysis of the performances of adopters and non-adopters of yam minisett technology in Kwara State, Nigeria. International Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 15(3):1335-1341. Published by School of Agriculture and Agricultural Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. Available online at http://www.ijard.com/journalarticles/pdf%2015(3)2012/zcAdoption%20corrected.pdf