Implications of Farmers' Propensity to Discontinue Adoption of Downy-Mildew Resistant Maize and Improved Cowpea Varieties for Extension Education in Southwestern Nigeria

This paper examines the implications of farmers' propensity to discontinue the adoption of agricultural technologies in southwestern Nigeria. This is predicated on the fact that extension education process should be proactive in addressing farmers in order to sustain the adoption process. Empir...

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Published in:The journal of agricultural education and extension 2006-09, Vol.12 (3), p.195-200
Main Authors: Oladele, O.I., Adekoya, A.E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adoption
Africa
Agricultural Occupations
Agronomy
Biotechnology
Diffusion processes
Discontinuance of adoption of technologies
Educational research
Educational sciences
Extension Education
Extension visits
Foreign Countries
Intervention
Nigeria
Organization, evaluation, cost
Policy Analysis
Predictor Variables
Program Attitudes
Program Termination
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Summary:This paper examines the implications of farmers' propensity to discontinue the adoption of agricultural technologies in southwestern Nigeria. This is predicated on the fact that extension education process should be proactive in addressing farmers in order to sustain the adoption process. Empirical studies looking at diffusion processes from an ex post perspective have failed to deliver in terms of effective ex ante policies and intervention strategies, and the transfer of the technology model has lost much of its lustre. Following a survey of arable crop farmers in two states of southwestern Nigeria, a Tobit model was estimated on the data collected during the 2002 growing season in order to identify variables significant in the farmers' discontinuance behaviour. The variables identified are: attitude, extension visit, feedback provision, marketability and input availability. From the estimation, foremost among the significant variables leading to discontinuance of improved maize and cowpea varieties is extension visits.
ISSN:1389-224X
1750-8622
DOI:10.1080/13892240600915512