Socio-economic economic and Institutional Factors Limiting Adoption of Wheat Row Planting in Selected District Districts of Arsi Zone
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Wheat row planting, Adoption, Logit model, EthiopiaAbstract
Wheat yield is low in Ethiopia. Adoption of wheat row planting is one of the farming practices believed to enhance wheat yield in the country. However, there are several socioeconomic and institutional factors that limit adoption of wheat row planting. This study identifies the factors that influence adoption of wheat row planting. Cross-sectional data collected from randomly selected 381 farm households and logit model were used to achieve the objective of the study. The study identifies that access to improved seed, agricultural extension services, education, and livestock size positively and significantly affected adoption of wheat row planting. Agricultural extension offices need to give due attention to household’s access to improved wheat seed and extension services for improving adoption of wheat row planting and thereby increase wheat yield. Successful adoption and scaling up of wheat row planting also needs improvement in household’s educational status and livestock holding sizes.
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