The important determinants of the adoption behavior: a case study of recommended maize production technologies in Tanzania
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2021
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African Journal
Abstract
Numerous technologies have been developed in the agricultural sector to facilitate its
contribution to the livelihood of the people. However the adoption of these technologies has
been very low or non existence at all. This paper determined the important factors/variables
that determine adoption behaviour. A validated, pre-tested structured questionnaire was used
to collect data from 113 respondents, equivalent to 5 percent of a population selected to
represent maize growers in selected villages of Njombe District. The collected data were
analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) and the linear regression
model was used to investigate the influence of the study variables. The study findings show
both independent and intervening factors investigated determined the adoption behaviour.
However in all the technologies investigated the intervening factors influenced highly the
adoption behaviour. The results presented provide sufficient evidence in supporting the
relevance of intervening variables as the most important determinants of the adoption
behaviour. The study suggests that emphasis be put on these variables in agricultural extension
programs in order to enhance adoption of technologies by farmers.
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South African Journal of Agricultural Extension Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 42-57
Keywords
Adoption behaviour, Important determinants, Maize