Duration Analysis of Droughttego® Hybrid Maize Adoption in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorMarechera, George
dc.contributor.authorMacharia, Ibrahim
dc.contributor.authorMuinga, Grace
dc.contributor.authorMugo, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorRotich, Ruth
dc.contributor.authorOniang'o, Ruth Khasaya
dc.contributor.authorKaranja, James
dc.contributor.authorObunyali, Caleb
dc.contributor.authorOikeh, Sylvester O.
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-18T10:34:24Z
dc.date.available2022-02-18T10:34:24Z
dc.date.issued2019-07
dc.descriptionA Research Article in the Agricultural Science Research Journalen_US
dc.description.abstractPrevious 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.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAATF within the framework of the WEMA Project supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, and the United States Agency for International Development (Contract ID: OPP1019943).en_US
dc.identifier.citationMarechera, 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.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2026-6073
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/23154
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF)en_US
dc.subjectAdoption speeden_US
dc.subjectAdoption policiesen_US
dc.subjectDrought toleranceen_US
dc.subjectDuration analysisen_US
dc.subjectMaize farmersen_US
dc.subjectDroughtTEGOen_US
dc.titleDuration Analysis of Droughttego® Hybrid Maize Adoption in Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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