Factors influencing adoption of improved cultivars of macadamia (Macadamia spp.) among small-scale farmers in Embu County, Kenya

IF 0.5 Q4 AGRONOMY

Journal of Agricultural Extension Pub Date : 2021-11-15 DOI:10.4314/jae.v25i4.13

Moses Muchangi Njiru, Hezron Ruzungu Mogaka, S. N. Ndirangu, B. Gichimu

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Abstract

The study investigated the factors influencing adoption of improved cultivars of macadamia (Macadamia spp.) among small-scale farmers in Embu County, Kenya. Data was collected from a sample of 384 small-scale farmers obtained through multistage sampling procedure in ten sub-locations. Binary Logit model was used to determine the effect of selected institutional and socio-economic factors on adoption of improved cultivars of macadamia. The results revealed that education level (wald=26.160), access to extension services (wald=6.246) and farm size (wald=4.271) had significant positive influence on adoption of improved cultivars of macadamia while age of the farmer (wald=5.235) and market distance (wald=5.519) had a negative influence on the same. There is need to encourage the youth to embrace macadamia farming and to develop smart marketing strategies to promote adoption of improved cultivars.

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影响肯尼亚恩布县小农采用夏威夷果改良品种的因素

本研究调查了影响肯尼亚恩布县小农采用夏威夷果(夏威夷果属)改良品种的因素。数据收集自通过多阶段抽样程序在10个子地点获得的384名小农样本。采用二元Logit模型确定了制度因素和社会经济因素对夏威夷果改良品种采用率的影响。结果表明:受教育程度(wald=26.160)、推广服务可及性(wald=6.246)和农场规模(wald=4.271)对夏威夷果优良品种采用率有显著的正向影响，而农户年龄(wald=5.235)和市场距离(wald=5.519)对夏威夷果优良品种采用率有显著的负向影响。有必要鼓励年轻人接受夏威夷果种植，并制定明智的营销策略，以促进采用改良品种。

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Journal of Agricultural Extension AGRONOMY-

CiteScore

1.10

自引率

25.00%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Agricultural Extension (JAE) is devoted to the advancement of knowledge of agricultural extension services and practice through the publication of original and empirically based research, focusing on; extension administration and supervision, programme planning, monitoring and evaluation, diffusion and adoption of innovations; extension communication models and strategies; extension research and methodological issues; nutrition extension; extension youth programme; women-in-agriculture; extension, Climate Change and the environment, ICT, innovation systems. JAE will normally not publish articles based on research covering very small geographic area that cannot feed into policy except they present critical insights into emerging agricultural innovations.