Factors Influencing Levels and Intensity of Adoption of New Rice for Africa (Nerica) Among Rice Farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria

Ogunya Lydia Olufunmilola; Simeon Adebayo Bamire; Ayodeji Sunday Ogunleye

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Factors Influencing Levels and Intensity of Adoption of New Rice for Africa (Nerica) Among Rice Farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria

Ogunya Lydia Olufunmilola, Simeon Adebayo Bamire, Ayodeji Sunday Ogunleye

Published in International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 2, Issue 3)

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Abstract

The study determined the levels of New Rice for Africa (NERICA) technology adoption and identified the factors influencing the levels and intensity of technology adoption among the NERICA rice farmers with a view to improving NERICA production among rice farmers in the study area. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 200 NERICA rice farmers for the study. Primary data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and technology adoption index. Results showed that there were two main levels of NERICA technology adoption among the farmers based on the mean adoption index 0.9547. These were partial adopters with an index of <0.9547 and full adopters with an index of >0.9547. Partial adopters of the NERICA technology accounted for 50.5% of the farmers while full adopters accounted for 49.5%. The levels of adoption of NERICA technology was influenced by factors such as age, farming experience and quantity of fertilizer used while intensity was influenced by factors such as number of labour used, farming experience and quantity of fertilizer used. The study concluded that the adoption rate of NERICA technology in Ogun State could be improved by increasing the quantities of seed, number of labour and appropriate use of fertilizer.

Published in	International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 2, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijae.20170203.15
Page(s)	84-89
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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NERICA, Adoption, Levels of Technology

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Ogunya Lydia Olufunmilola, Simeon Adebayo Bamire, Ayodeji Sunday Ogunleye. Factors Influencing Levels and Intensity of Adoption of New Rice for Africa (Nerica) Among Rice Farmers in Ogun State, Nigeria. Int J Agric Econ. 2017;2(3):84-89. doi: 10.11648/j.ijae.20170203.15

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Ogunya Lydia Olufunmilola

Department of Agricultural Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Simeon Adebayo Bamire

Department of Agricultural Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Ayodeji Sunday Ogunleye

Department of Agricultural Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

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