May 4, 2024 Thesis Open Access

Mohammed Ahmed Siraj

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    "description": "<p>Various forage technologies have been introduced and disseminated in Amhara regional state, North Wollo zone, and selected district. However, the level of adoption was not satisfactory. Therefore, studying on perception and adoption of improved forage technology is found to be significant to understand the gap and put directions to improve adoption. The objectives of this study were analysing the perception and adoption of farmers&rsquo; decision to adopt improved forage technologies; level and intensity of adoption, and determinants related to forage adoption. The study used cross-sectional design. A multistage stratified sampling procedure was used to draw 177 sample households from three woreda and nine kebeles. Within the selected kebeles sample respondent households were stratified into two groups using a random sampling approach (adopters and nonadopters). In this particular study, both primary and secondary data were gathered. Interview, questionnaire, observations and focus group discussions were the main methods employed in data collection from sample households (76 adopters and 101 nonadopters). Descriptive statistics were employed to analyse the collected data. T-test and chi-test were used to determine factors affecting the decision of household towards adoption of improved forage technologies. The result of descriptive statistics revealed that out of 14 variables hypothesized, only 10, namely total landholding, forage material supply, rate of extension contact, training, participation on demonstration, age, education year, family size, number of livestock, and access to credit were found to be significantly affecting farmer&rsquo;s decision to adopt improved forage technologies (P&lt;0.05), while sex, marital status, membership to the local organizations and mobile ownership had not significant influence on adoption of improved forage (P&gt;0.05). Farm size, free grazing; and awareness on the importance of forage another factor that limits level/intensity of adoption of forage technologies in selected districts. The awareness of farmers towards improved forage practice was 67.32%, but majority (57.06%) of the farmers still not adopted improved forage practice in the study districts. Improved forage development strategies that are practice in the study districts are alley cropping, backyard, intercropping, and forage development in irrigation. The adoption of production and utilization of improved forage to animal feed is low, only 42.09% of respondents are adopt improved technologies; the main challenges associated with adoption of improved forage technology are free grazing practice, small land size, lack of planting material/seed, and low access to irrigation facilities. The study recommended the supply of suitable forage varieties, training on how to produce forage without competing for scarce land, continuous follow-up on improved forage production, and access forage seeds with low costs.</p>", 
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