Plant Biology Soil Health Journal(PBSHJ)

Department of Agricultural Innovation Communication, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Science, University for Development Studies, P. O. Box TL 1350. Tamale, Ghana

Publications

• Review Article   
  Adoption Drivers and Adopter Categories of Improved Rice Seeds in Northern Ghana
  Author(s): Clement Yaw Lamptey* and Lois L. Dukper
  
  Factors such as education, extension and gender drive farmer adoption of agricultural innovations worldwide, partic- ularly in northern Ghana. Farmers are generally categorized as adopters and non-adopters when they become aware of innovations such as improved rice seeds (IRS). Using a survey data from 385 rice producing households, the study employed logistic regression to analyse drivers of adoption and categorized farmers of IRS into six specific groups of potential adopters. The empirical results revealed six categories of potential adopters: early adopters, late adopters, continuous adopters, temporary disadopters, permanent disadopters, and non-adopters, with a mean adoption level of 51.95%. It is therefore too elementary to categorize potential adopters simply as adopters and non-adopters, irrespec- tive of whether they maintain their adoption decisions over time or not. Outcom.. Read More»
  

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