The Role of Farmers to Farmers Knowlodge Sharing in Improved Sesame Technology Adoption in Case of Meisso District West Hararghe Zone

Abstract

This  journal article analyze and summarize  the role of farmer to farmer knowledge  sharing in term of providing the most credible and reliable source of information about new technologies  for rapid adoption of new technologies and to document the perception of farmers about improved sesame technology attributes. This survey result is based on the cross sectional data collected in 2014 cropping season from 140 households randomly selected from Meisso district. The primary data source for the study was from formal household questionnaire survey and key informant discussion. .In addition, secondary data were collected from relevant sources such as different research institute, zonal and district bureau of agriculture.  Descriptive statistics such as   mean, standard deviation and percentage were used to describe the sample unit. Furthermore, chi-square test and t-test were used to identify variables that vary significantly between adopters and non-adopter.The result of the survey study indicated that 42.9% of the sample households were adopters of the improved sesame technologies ,while 57.1 % non- adopters. The chi-square analysis  showed that  adopters were better educated, male headed households, have more access to extension servicesand  farmers to farmer’s knowledge sharing network and perceived the attributes of improved sesame technologies more advantagous than non-adopters. The results of t-test also showed that adopter farmers have more family labor force, livestock ownership, sesame crop production experience, earned farm income and more near to the market center than non-adopters. In addition to this fact, a farmer to farmers knowledge sharing has significantly contributed to the technologies adoption through facilitating adopters’ farmers’ access to credible and reliable source of information about new technology and accessed to improved seed. The overall finding of the study underlined the high importance of institutional support in the areas of extension service to insist farmer-to-farmer knowledge sharing, credit and market to enhance adoption of improved sesame technology. This study is also imply due attention to farmers’ views during the new technology development, evaluation and dissemination process.

Keywords: Farmers to farmers knowdge sharing, seseame tecchnology adoption, attributes, technologies development and dissemination.