Factors Influencing Adoption Decisions of Maize Farmers in Nigeria

Fadare, Olusegun; Akerele, Dare; Begho, Toritseju

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.186266

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“…It is clear from Table 2 that the Critical Ratio (CR) was found to be 0.90, 0.874, and 0.911 for the constructs related to the awareness level of farmers towards the futures market, which includes Knowledge of Commodity Futures, Knowledge about Price, and Knowledge of Trading and Settlement. Similarly, the perception is measured through four constructs namely Expected Performance from futures, Entrepreneurial Freedom, Perceived Risk Exposure from futures, and the Risk Attitude [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] . Table 3 presents the CR values for the same which includes 0.946, 0.901, 0.878, 0.804, respectively.…”

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Dataset on farmers’ perception of commodity futures market

Srinivasan

Babu

P.S³

et al. 2022

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confidence: 99%

Dataset on farmers’ perception of commodity futures market

Srinivasan

Babu

P.S³

et al. 2022

Data in Brief

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Why Contexts Matter for Gender Equal Outcomes in Research-Based Plant Breeding: The Case of Maize in Nigeria

Yami,

Cavicchioli,

Cole

et al. 2024

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Maize is an important crop for food security and livelihood improvement in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa. Maize varieties that enable farmers to increase their productivity and profitability, for example, can help them achieve these development outcomes. Contextual factors shape women’s and men’s preferences for specific maize traits and varieties, thus influencing varietal uptake and the contribution varieties make towards securing people’s livelihoods. Understanding contextual factors is paramount to pursuing gender equal outcomes within research-based maize breeding. We review literature on the demand for and access to improved maize varieties in Nigeria by using a framework that helps breeding programs become more gender-responsive and, thereby, enhance their impact via increased uptake. Findings show that attention towards the role of social norms in shaping the contexts where women and men maize farmers negotiate production-related decisions, form trait preferences, and access improved maize varieties has been limited within breeding programs, while ethnobotanical approaches are absent. To boost gender equal outcomes, maize breeding programs should identify the reasons motivating women’s and men’s varietal preferences and their different capacities to access improved varieties with the suited characteristics. To pursue this objective, gender-based Indigenous knowledge should be integrated since the first stages of varietal development.

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Adoption of Improved Maize Production Technologies in Punjab Province, Pakistan

Muddassir¹,

Shenaifi²,

Kassem³

et al. 2020

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The study assessed farmers’ awareness and adoption of maize production technologies in Punjab Province, Pakistan. A simple random sampling technique was used to collect data from 120 farmers in the study area through personal interview using a structured interview schedule. The study found that 48.3% of the respondents had obtained information about agricultural practices from extension agents and that 65% of the respondents regularly visited the agricultural extension department. Furthermore, 62.5% of the respondents had a high awareness about improved maize cultivation practices and 53% had already adopted the techniques. Farmers who visited the agricultural extension department had a higher awareness and were more likely to adopt improved maize cultivation practices compared with farmers who did not visit the agricultural extension department. Farmers’ education level, cultivated area, and whether they visited the extension department were the key determinants of adoption of new technologies. Government policies in the province should aim to improve methods of extension delivery for the implementation of effective farming practices in small-scale farming systems. Key words: Awareness, adoption, farmers, agricultural extension, maize, Pakistan.

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Factors Influencing Adoption Decisions of Maize Farmers in Nigeria

Cited by 5 publications

References 18 publications

Dataset on farmers’ perception of commodity futures market

Dataset on farmers’ perception of commodity futures market

Why Contexts Matter for Gender Equal Outcomes in Research-Based Plant Breeding: The Case of Maize in Nigeria

Adoption of Improved Maize Production Technologies in Punjab Province, Pakistan

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