SOCIO –ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF ADOPTION OF YAM MINISETTT TECHNOLOGY IN BOSSO AREA OF NIGER STATE

Abstract

The paper examines the socio – economic determinants of adoption of yam minisett technology in Bosso LG area of Niger state. Multi - stage random sampling technique that involves purposeful selection of Bosso Local Government area where seven villages were randomly selected from ten districts of the LGA. A total of 140 farmers who were actively involved in yam production were also randomly selected as respondents. Data analysis was carried out using statistics such as frequency counts, percentages and probit model. The result shows that 85.7% were aware of the technology while only 55.7% adopted the technology. The probit model Analysis showed that some socio – economic variable that were positively related to adoption and will increases the probability of adoption of the improved yam minisett technology were age of the farmers, farm size, years of farming experience, amount of credit availability and, number of extension contact. In order to increase the rate of adoption of this technology there is need to intensify the rate of extension contact, increase the rate of credit availability and improve on the supply of inputs such as fertilizer and yam minisett dust to farmers.