Options for up-scaling technology adoption by smallholder farmers for food security through irish potato production in Rungwe district, Tanzania
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Date
2016-05
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Infogain Publication
Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the
existing and feasible options for adoption of technologies
that are involved or to be involved in Irish potato (Solanum
tuberosum L.) production with the focus on Nzunda,
Ntokela and Ndaga villages in Rungwe District. This was
prompted by the unreliable production systems and the low
life standards of the smallholders in the district. One-point in-time purposive survey was conducted using structured
questionnaires and physical observations where 45
households were studied. The results also indicated that the
effect of socio-economic and institutional factors were
significant (LSD0.05 = 1.8) in determining Irish potato
production in Ntokela village. In addition, the effect of
institutional and socio-psychological and land tenure
factors were significant (LSD0.05 = 6.6) for Irish potato
production in Nzunda village. However, none of these
factors were significant (LSD0.05 = 32.9) in Ndaga village.
Results indicated that Irish potato produced was positively
correlated with the farmer’s capital and/or access to credits
(r = 0.700), farming experience (r = 0.225), extension
services to impart awareness (r = 0.698), contribution of
innovations (r = 0.771), sex-female (r = 0.96), and
innovative agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizers,
herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides (r = 0.525). Female
household head were mostly favoured by adoption of
technologies in Irish potato production. These were the
factors identified to be pertinent in adoption of Irish potato
production technologies for Irish potato production in
Rungwe district
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Keywords
Adoptions, Food Security, Innovations