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| dc.contributor.author | SIMACHEW YEDEMIE | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-25T06:36:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-25T06:36:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-01-25 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12969 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Empirical studies on the adoption in agriculture identify various factors for the low adoption of improved management pratices. Sorghum improved management practice technology development and promotion have been done in Gondar Zuria district. However, the factors of adoption and the level of adoption have not been systematically analyzed. Therefore, this study was proposed with the objectives of identifying factors affecting adoption, the status of adoption, and the perception of farmers about improved management practices of sorghum. The study district was selected purposively due to previous intervention in the area. A total of 214 sample respondents were selected randomly and interviewed. The factors that influence the adoption of improved management practices of sorghum were identified by using the multivariate probit model. The adoption level was categorized using the adoption index, and the perception of farmers towards sorghum improved management practice was measured using the Likert scale data analysis method. Based on the multivariate model result family size, sex, farm income, cooperative membership, field day, and landholding were the factors that affect the adoption of improved management practices of sorghum. Moreover, the result indicates that sampled households are found in different categories of adoption, i.e., as non-adopters (0), low-adopters (0.01-0.33), medium adopters (0.34-0.66), and high adopters (0.67-1). Plant growth, biomass yield, grain yield, and early maturity, seed cost, easy management, proper fertilizer, weed, and pest management, and reduce waterlogging were important parameters for farmers to apply improved management practices of sorghum. In the study area, improved management practices of sorghum are mainly affected by total family size, farm income, membership to cooperatives, field day. The adoption status of improved management practices of sorghum are low and farmers give highly perceived. Therefore, to increase the adoption level of improved management practices of sorghum, all stakeholders should consider the perception of farmers and can increase the farm income of the households, wise utilization of family labor, increasing the membership of cooperatives. The adoption level of improved management practices should further promoted by proposed it in the agricultural extension package. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Rural Development and Agricultural Extension | en_US |
| dc.title | ADOPTION OF IMPROVED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OF SORGHUM IN THE CASE OF GONDAR ZURIA DISTRICT, CENTRAL GONDAR ZONE, ETHIOPIA: | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
