Omotesho, O. A.Falola, A.Muhammad-Lawal, A.Oyeyemi, A.2019-10-152019-10-152012Omotesho, 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.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2530This 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.enYam minisett technologytechnical efficiencyadoptiontrainingArticle