ow production and productivity, which is mainly associated <l'ilb poor adoption of improved technologie» are among ,;le....[!ili}or problems u.f Ethiopian <1xriculture .tncrrasing a~r1cut.'iJr'd productivii» and bence ouurut u,{ lt.t'~{ar111 lt·ctor using unproved IecltJl<Jlo~irs is a n('(.(~\',((JJ)' .•;/{~fJ towards achieving. .f.>o<I s .erurity'in l!!hif.1[>ia. HrJ .. t;el'er. the adoption <111tl dissemination tlj' these terimolooies is constrained by variuu';'fi1cturs. Tu thi» end, the ai111 of 1/li.1 study was to empirically examine factors afjectin.~ adoption 14 improved agricultura! i11p11;5 in the stud; area: T/1e stud» ·,l'(ls ,co11ducted i11 Mesrak: Estle Wureda, Souih Gonder, Uhiopiu. Mul:i.~rage sampling procedure \l'as employed to seiect t'As and respondenss. Accordinglv. three Plts were .1e/en1Yf urinf? l'm!Ja!Jili;} Proportional to Size mm piing 111e.1/u)(( from the three agro-clunatic zones in the worcda. ;l total ol 180.farmers H·l're interviewed Iv generate primarv do/Cl. Interview sriiedu!« was developed, pre-t11.1ted.& uscdjor the collection ufthe essentinl quantuative & qualitative datafor the sutdv. Focu» grou» discussion wa.1· used to generate qualitative d1J1<1. In addition .. secondary data 1-rerf. , coltcctcd froni relcvuru sources such a.~ woreda office oj agricidture and rum/ developmen: and others. n1e result o/ tlu: study indiuued tlu« hou .. sehold head', a11i111de towards new agricuuuml input technologv p~.t<.'kog£~ participation i11 extension event tparticipation in, trainins; andfieid visitt.Iand hold .;i~e Livestock: holding, extension contact and ac:c.:s> tu credit W<'re i111por11.m1 variables !i'};ich bud i111st'1ivel:~ and significantty i1ljll1rnced adoption of improved l.'(Jrit·uil,trai inputs Therefore. policy and deveiopmetu imerveniions Jiwuld give emphasis to improvement of .<.11,~h instuutiona! Slif)porr svstem so tis 10 achieve wider adoption. increa .... rd productivny ur«! income to small scale [armers.