Duration Analysis of Droughttego® Hybrid Maize Adoption in Kenya
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Date
2019-07
Authors
Marechera, George
Macharia, Ibrahim
Muinga, Grace
Mugo, Stephen
Rotich, Ruth
Oniang'o, Ruth Khasaya
Karanja, James
Obunyali, Caleb
Oikeh, Sylvester O.
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African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF)
Abstract
Previous studies have modelled determinants of adoption of new technologies,
through static models, these models are inadequate in explaining the dynamic
process of technology adoption. In this paper duration model is applied to
capture the speed of the DroughtTEGO®
hybrid maize adoption using a sample of
642 maize growing households. The result from descriptive analysis showed a
high rate of awareness of DroughtTEGO varieties (61%) and about 42%
cumulative adoption, with about half of the farmers started adopting in the first
two years after they became aware of the varieties. The results further revealed,
age of household head, dependency ratio, on-farm demonstration, women
controlling household resource, and household income as the major factors that
accelerate the adoption. In contrast, variables found to delay adoption were
household and land sizes. There was also evidence that education, gender,
record keeping and information from extension officer had no statistical
influence on speed of adoption of DroughtTEGO seed. It was concluded that to
accelerate large-scale DroughtTEGO hybrid adoption requires policies that;
promote expansive on-farm demonstrations and the associated field-days,
especially for young farmers; involvement of women in decision making
particularly in farm resource allocation; and deliberate targeting of young
farmers and those with large farms in deployment efforts.
Description
A Research Article in the Agricultural Science Research Journal
Keywords
Adoption speed, Adoption policies, Drought tolerance, Duration analysis, Maize farmers, DroughtTEGO
Citation
Marechera, G., Macharia, I., Muinga, G., Mugo, S., Rotich, R., Oniang', R., Karanja, J., Obunyali, C., Oikeh S.O., 2019. Duration analysis of DroughtTEGO® hybrid maize adoption in Kenya. Agricultural Science Research Journal, 9 (5), 47 – 60.