Adoption of Improved Maize Production Technologies in Punjab Province, Pakistan

Muddassir, Muhammad; Shenaifi, Mohamed Saleh Al; Kassem, Hazem S.; Alotaibi, Bader Alhafi

doi:10.4314/jae.v24i2.1

Cited by 6 publications

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“…A positive relationship between education and FTC based training may show that more educated people are more adopter of technology than others and able to understand and apply different sort of training provided in FTC which helps them to attend the training regularly. This is consistent with the study conducted by (Muhammad, 2020;Danso-Abbeam et al, 2017;Kadafur et al, 2017;Mmbando & Baiyegunhi, 2016;Salifu & Salifu, 2015). Moreover, it was found that a one contact made with development agent increases the probability of participation in FTC based training by 1.5 units keeping the other factors constant.…”

Section: Determinants Of Farmers' Participation In Ftc Based Trainingsupporting

confidence: 92%

Determinants of Participation in Farmers Training Centre Based Extension Training in Ethiopia

Alemu¹

2021

jae

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The study assessed the determinants of farmers’ participation in farmers training center based trainings and its outcome on maize, haricot bean and coffee productivity. Data were collected from randomly selected 194 households. Outcomes of the FTC based training on maize, haricot bean and coffee productivity was analyzed using t-test whereas binary logistic regression model was used to identify factors determining farmers’ participation in FTC based training. The result showed that education, land size, contact with development agent, access to road, wealth status and livestock holding of the household positively determine households’ decision to participate whereas distance from FTC negatively determines households’ decision to participate. There was positive outcome of the FTC basedtraining on maize, haricot bean and coffee productivity. The study recommends that governmental, public and private sectors should expand access to education, access to road and strength linkage between famers and agricultural development agents. Keywords: Farmers training centers, crop productivity

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Section: Determinants Of Farmers' Participation In Ftc Based Trainingsupporting

confidence: 92%

Determinants of Participation in Farmers Training Centre Based Extension Training in Ethiopia

Alemu¹

2021

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“…In Cherangani, the minimum was 0.3 acres and the maximum was 70 acres while Wundanyi farmers reported a minimum of 0.3 acres and a maximum of 8 acres. Ruzzante and Bilton [22], Mudassir et al [23] and Darkwah et al [21] observed that farmers with larger farms were more likely to adopt conservation practices. However, our results further suggest that, depending on the farm size, farmers preferred different types of conservation practices, as discussed later.…”

Section: Socio-economic Profiles Of the Catchment Communitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Differentiated Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Practices by Farmers in Kenyan Agricultural Highland Catchments

Mcharo¹,

Waswa²

2022

JAERI

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Soil and water conservation practices or measures are critical in sustaining land productivity for food production while maintaining the integrity of the land. Cardinal measures in this context are broadly categorised as structural, agronomic, and vegetative. Their ultimate goal is to prevent soil erosion, keep the soil fertile, and conserve soil moisture for guaranteed land productivity. This study assessed the relationship between soil biophysical characteristics and farmer socio-ecocomic characteristics on the one hand, and adoption of soil and water conservation practices that have been promoted in the highland catchments of Kinale-Kikuyu, Cherangani, and Wundanyi. A total of 253 households from Kinale-Kikuyu, 96 from Cherangani, and 40 from Wundanyi catchments were selected to form the survey sample. Our results show that among male farmers, the most preferred practices were structural (35.9%), while vegetative practices (29%) were most popular among female land users. At P = 0.3141, our findings indicate that there is no significant relationship between gender and method of soil and water conservation adopted. In Kinale-Kikuyu 31.3% of the farmers adopted vegetative methods, 42.7% of Cherangani farmers used structural methods, and 60.1% of Wundanyi farmers preferred structural methods. These results demonstrated a significant relationship between the catchment location and the method adopted (P = 0.0002). This study confirms the successes and benefits of soil and water conservation practices in all three catchments. Significant differences among catchments in the soil and water conservation practices suggest a stronger correlation between adoption and location compared to adoption and gender.

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“…In fact, most study that focused on the same issues found some of these barriers. Muddassir et al (2020) Highlighted the importance of building a solid reputation for the extension services among any rural community members, and that can be accomplished by developing effective programs and building trusted relationship with the local community. The trust between local people and extension office has emerged in a set of studies such as Awad (1993).…”

Section: Non-agricultural Activitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rural Community’s Participation Rate and Perceived Benefits in a Rural Area in Saudi Arabia

Dabiah¹

2023

Agrobiol. Records

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The study aimed to investigate farmers’ participation, perceived benefits from local extension activities, and identified barriers to participation, A Simple Random Sampling technique was used for data collection. A personal interview was conducted, and 219 responses were usable for research analysis. The results showed that more than a half of the respondents (63.5%) have not participated in any agricultural extension activity. However, 36.5% of the respondents reported that they have participated in at least one agricultural extension activity. Regarding non-agriculture activities, only 11.9% of the respondents have not participated in any local activity, most of them (88.1%) participated in at least one local activity. Participation and perceived benefits from agricultural extension had negative significant relationships with “Low direct financial returns form activities”, “Uncertainty about the feasibility of local extension services”, “Not suitable for my schedule”, “The activities places are too far”, and with “Lack of confidence in the agricultural extension agents”. Participation and perceived benefits from non-agricultural activities had negative significant relationships with “No advertisement for activities”, “Not suitable for my schedule”, “Difficult to reach locations of the activities” and with “The activities places are too far”.

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Adoption of Improved Maize Production Technologies in Punjab Province, Pakistan

Cited by 6 publications

References 14 publications

Determinants of Participation in Farmers Training Centre Based Extension Training in Ethiopia

Determinants of Participation in Farmers Training Centre Based Extension Training in Ethiopia

Gender Differentiated Adoption of Soil and Water Conservation Practices by Farmers in Kenyan Agricultural Highland Catchments

Rural Community’s Participation Rate and Perceived Benefits in a Rural Area in Saudi Arabia

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