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Different scientific studies showed that agricultural technology adoption have been affected
by a number of social, economical, environmental and demographic factors. Even though
PSNP program takes a great initiative to distribute rope pump to the program beneficiaries to
create irrigation water source so as to improve their livelihood in Lay Gayint Woreda , but
factors that can affect adoption of rope pump yet not studied. That is why this study was
conducted. The general objective of this study was to identify the major determinants and
assess farmers’ perception on rope pump technology among Productive Safety Net Program
beneficiaries. Lay Gayint Woreda and Four Kebeles were purposively selected. A total of 159
farmers were randomly selected and interviewed using semi- structured questionnaires. To
examine farmers' perception likert scale was used. To define the characteristics of individual
rope pump adopters and non-adopters, descriptive statistics such as mean and percentages
were employed in the data analysis. To compare the individual rope pump adopter and nonadopter
groups,
t-test
and
chi-square
analyses
were
used.
Likert
scale
analysis
indicated
that
sample
respondents were praised for positive attributes such as environmental friendliness,
short term impact, income diversification, extraction of water from deep ground, suitable for
children and women, easy to operate, and easy to transport. On the other hand sample
respondents were regarded unfavorable features of labor intensive, inapplicable to fragile
soil, inaccessibility of accessories, susceptible to damage, and exposed to theft. The paper
used a binary logit model to examine the factors that influence rope pump adoption. The logit
regression includes a total of 11 explanatory variables. As a result of logistic regression
households who are literate, with more family labor and who have backyard farm were more
likely to adopt rope pump. On the other hand households who perceived theft as a risk, with
more land holding size and far from the market center were less likely to adopt rope pump.
Therefore, these factors need to be considered to increase rate of adoption of rope pump. |
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