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What drives technology utilization, learning and transfer in agriculture?

Lessons from Nigerian women farmers

This study examines the factors that drive technology utilisation, learning and transfer among women farmers in Nigeria. It assesses both modern and indigenous technologies used in farming activities. Three states were purposively selected from the six that comprise the South West geopolitical zone of the country. Structured questionnaire was administered to 180 women smallholder farmers who were randomly selected in equal proportion across the three states. Some 128 copies of questionnaire were retrieved representing a response rate of about 71%. The study reveals that majority of the women (about 67%) use indigenous technologies while only a few (17%) and 16% use modern technologies and a combination of both respectively. Family and friends are the main source of learning indigenous technologies while extension agents are the major source of modern. The study uses spearman correlation to determine the drivers of the dependent variables. Age, level of education, years of experience and learning intensity are significantly correlated with technology utilisation at 1% level of confidence while primary occupation and learning have significant correlation with technology learning at 5% and 1% confidence level respectively. 

Title of publication: Scientific Papers Series : Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development
卷号: 13
期号: 2
国际标准刊号: 2285-3952
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作者: Olajumoke Adeyeye
其他作家: Oluwatosin Gbemisola Oladipo, Adedamola David Adeyeye
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年份: 2013
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国家: Nigeria
地理范围: 非洲
类别: Газетная статья
内容语言: English
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