Factors influencing adoption of improved farm practices among women farmers in Osun State

Type Journal Article - Journal of Human Ecology
Title Factors influencing adoption of improved farm practices among women farmers in Osun State
Author(s)
Volume 19
Issue 1
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2006
Page numbers 45-49
URL http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/JHE/JHE-19-0-000-000-2006-Web/JHE-19-1-000-000-2006-Abstrac​t-PDF/JHE-19-1-045-049-2006-1317-Okunade-E-O/JHE-19-1-045-049-2006-1317-Okunade-E-O-Text.pdf
Abstract
The study assesses the factors influencing adoption of improved farm practices among women farmers in Osun
State. The study was conducted in the three agricultural zones of the state. 80 women farmers were randomly selected and
information was collected through a pre-tested structured interview schedule. Descriptive statistical techniques like frequency
counts, mean and percentages were used to analyse the data. The inferential statistics used was correlation which was used to
determine the relationship between the variables. The study showed positive and significant relationship between adoption of
innovation and credibility (r = 0.470), communication ability (r = 0.241), divisibility (r = 0.251) and relative advantage (r
=0.235). However, negative and significant relationship exists between adoption and religion (r = -0.431) complexity (r = -
0.401), cost (r = -0.351), land tenure (r = -0.320), norms (r =-0.311), and belief (r = -0.253).

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