Legume crops play great role in improving households’ food security and generating income for smallholder farmers. This study was tried to investigate the variation among farmers on the adoption and intensity of groundnut production technology in the Kondala district. Two stages sampling procedure were followed to select the sample households for the study. Four rural kebeles were selected from ten groundnut producing kebeles by using simple random sampling. Primary data collected from 185 sample selected households. Both key informant interview and focus group discussions were used to generate qualitative data. In addition, secondary data were collected from relevant sources. The data have been analyzed by descriptive statistics. Qualitative data narration was used to triangulate survey responses. The result of the descriptive statistics showed that the majority of farmers 57.3% were adopters and the remaining 42.7% were non adopters. This study also identifies groundnut production technologies such as recommended seeding rate, recommended fertilizer applications, land allocation and spacing among adopters and non-adopters and there was statistical significance difference in technology usage between adopters and non-adopters. Results of the descriptive statistics indicated that household ages, education level, farm experience, membership in cooperatives, access to agricultural inputs, participation in non-farm activities and frequency of extension contact were positively and significantly influenced the adoption of groundnut technologies. Whereas, distance from market center showed, negative relationship with the adoption of groundnut production technology. The overall finding of the study underlined high importance of institutional support in the areas of extension; membership in cooperatives and market to enhance adoption of improved groundnut production package. Therefore, policy and development interventions should give emphasis to improvement of such institutional support so as to achieve wider adoption which increased the productivity and income of smallholder farmers.
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Mulu Kaba Talilla. (2022). Adoption of Newly Released Groundnut Varieties (Arachis hypogea L.) Production Technologies in Kondala District, Western Ethiopia. Innovation, 3(1), 33-40. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.innov.20220301.16
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abstract = {Legume crops play great role in improving households’ food security and generating income for smallholder farmers. This study was tried to investigate the variation among farmers on the adoption and intensity of groundnut production technology in the Kondala district. Two stages sampling procedure were followed to select the sample households for the study. Four rural kebeles were selected from ten groundnut producing kebeles by using simple random sampling. Primary data collected from 185 sample selected households. Both key informant interview and focus group discussions were used to generate qualitative data. In addition, secondary data were collected from relevant sources. The data have been analyzed by descriptive statistics. Qualitative data narration was used to triangulate survey responses. The result of the descriptive statistics showed that the majority of farmers 57.3% were adopters and the remaining 42.7% were non adopters. This study also identifies groundnut production technologies such as recommended seeding rate, recommended fertilizer applications, land allocation and spacing among adopters and non-adopters and there was statistical significance difference in technology usage between adopters and non-adopters. Results of the descriptive statistics indicated that household ages, education level, farm experience, membership in cooperatives, access to agricultural inputs, participation in non-farm activities and frequency of extension contact were positively and significantly influenced the adoption of groundnut technologies. Whereas, distance from market center showed, negative relationship with the adoption of groundnut production technology. The overall finding of the study underlined high importance of institutional support in the areas of extension; membership in cooperatives and market to enhance adoption of improved groundnut production package. Therefore, policy and development interventions should give emphasis to improvement of such institutional support so as to achieve wider adoption which increased the productivity and income of smallholder farmers.},
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