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    DETERMINANTS OF INORGANI FERTILIZER ADOPTION: IN THE CASE OF MUHOR NA AKLILWOREDA, GURAGE ZONE, SUOTH NATION NATIONALITIES AND PEOPLES REGION, ETHIOPIA
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2019-05) Wagaye Teklearegay; Worknesh Tegoda,
    Fertilizer use is crucial for raising food crop production so as to keep up with the demand from rapidly growing population. Adoption of fertilizer one of the most promising ways to reduce food insecurity in Ethiopia. However, adoptions of these fertilizer are constrained by various factors. This study examined the factors’ of farmer adoption fertilizer 90 sample households) selected from 2kebeles in Muhor na Aklil woreda . were assess the determinants of inorganic fertilize adoption and examine the extent of inorganic fertilizer adoption by farm households. The research has been used both Quantitative and qualitative method of data Analysis, primary and secondary source of data for the accuracy of information A Semi structured interview method of data collection was employed to collect primary data from smallholder farmers . Sampling techniques were employed for this study was involved multi stage sampling; because three or four stages were used in the study area during conducting the research. There are different determinants determined adoptions of fertilizer. These are economic social and institutional. extension agent are institutional deter 8 identified explanatory variables 4 of them significantly determined adoption of fertilizer; such as intensity of fertilizer, education level of the household, total farm size and sex of the household head age contact. The results of the econometric model indicated that the relative influence of different variables on probability of adoption of fertilizer. Sex of the house hold, education level, total farm size and intensity of fertilizer, were affected adoption positively. As the logit model indicates sex of the household had positive and significant influence on the adoption of fertilizer at 5% significance level. Hence, sex of household head was hypothesized to increase a farmer's adoption of fertilizer. As the logit model indicates, total farm size of the households had positive and significant impact on the adoption of fertilizer at 10% significance level
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    Factors Affecting Adoption of Improved Maize Varieties in Woliso District of Southwest Shewa Zone, Ethiopia
    (WOLKITE UNIVERSITY, 2019-05) Zemecha Zenebe, Zemecha; Zinash Asmara, Zinash
    Adoption of improved maize varieties in agricultural production is considered as one of the most promising ways to ensure food security and alleviate poverty in Ethiopia. However, the adoption and dissemination of these varieties were constrained by various factors. Thus, this study was aimed at identifying the factors that influence adoption of improved maize varieties in Woliso woreda of south west shoa zone, Oromia regional state. A primary data collected from eighty-nine (89) maize producing household heads selected using two-stage random sampling technique was used. Both descriptive statistics and econometric model were used to analyze the data. The finding of the study indicated that family size, access to fertilizer, number of oxen owned, Land fertility and Total livestock owned by the farm household were statistically significant in affecting households adoption status. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were forwarded. Policy and development intervention should give emphasis to the improvement of institutional support system by strengthening, providing the required fertilizes, strengthening protection of land fertility, expanding the education to rationalize family size for to achieve adoption of improved maize varieties for increasing the production and productivity of smallholder farmers in Woliso District