Determinants of Rice Production Technology Adoption in Fogera Woreda, South Gondar, Ethiopia

Abstract

The study was conducted in Fogera district, South Gondar zone, Amhara National Regional State (ANRS). Four rice producing kebeles among the fifteen rice producing kebeles were selected and a total of 191 selected households were interviewed to generate primary data. Descriptive statistics and binary logit were employed to determine factors that influence the adoption behavior of farmers. A sum of ten explanatory variables for the binary logit model was used, out of which six variables were found to significantly affect the adoption of rice production technology. These are: age of the household head, family size of household head, participated labor force, level of education of household head, size of cultivated land and extension services. The study recommends that any effort in promoting improved rice production technology should consider the social, economic, institutional and psychological characteristics for better adoption of the technology.

Keywords: Adoption, Production, Rice, Technology, Binary Logit Model, Fogera Woreda.