ACCOUNTING FOR FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS RISK IN THE APPLICATION OF IMPROVED FARM TECHNOLOGIES: THE CASE OF INORGANIC FERTILIZER USE IN OYO NORTH AREA OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA

The knowledge of farmers' choice behaviour is important in terms of both micro and macro strategies for agricultural development. This is particularly important if their interests are to be taken into consideration when designing new technologies for their mass acceptance. This study measures f...

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description The knowledge of farmers' choice behaviour is important in terms of both micro and macro strategies for agricultural development. This is particularly important if their interests are to be taken into consideration when designing new technologies for their mass acceptance. This study measures farmers' attitudes toward risk in the application of inorganic fertilizer, through the method of observed economic behaviour with respect to input demand and output supply. The measured coefficients were correlated with the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents. Results indicate that institutional factors have significant influence in explaining the exhibited risk behaviours. However, the adjusted R2 was found to be 0.37, suggesting that some other important variables outside socio-economic characteristics might also be important in explaining farmers' risk attitudes. Recommendations were made toward the use of the identified factors in the analysis to enhance wider application of inorganic fertilizer.
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spelling oai:ojs2.ija.oauife.edu.ng:article-5222020-10-07T11:14:13Z ACCOUNTING FOR FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS RISK IN THE APPLICATION OF IMPROVED FARM TECHNOLOGIES: THE CASE OF INORGANIC FERTILIZER USE IN OYO NORTH AREA OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA OSOTIMEHIN , K.O. Improved Farm technologies, Inorganic fertilizer, Risk and Oyo State. The knowledge of farmers' choice behaviour is important in terms of both micro and macro strategies for agricultural development. This is particularly important if their interests are to be taken into consideration when designing new technologies for their mass acceptance. This study measures farmers' attitudes toward risk in the application of inorganic fertilizer, through the method of observed economic behaviour with respect to input demand and output supply. The measured coefficients were correlated with the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents. Results indicate that institutional factors have significant influence in explaining the exhibited risk behaviours. However, the adjusted R2 was found to be 0.37, suggesting that some other important variables outside socio-economic characteristics might also be important in explaining farmers' risk attitudes. Recommendations were made toward the use of the identified factors in the analysis to enhance wider application of inorganic fertilizer. The Faculty of Agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2020-10-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/522 Ife Journal of Agriculture; Vol. 18 No. 1 (1996): Ife Journal of Agriculture; 101-111 0331-6351 eng https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/522/405 Copyright (c) 2020 Ife Journal of Agriculture
spellingShingle Improved Farm technologies, Inorganic fertilizer, Risk and Oyo State.
OSOTIMEHIN , K.O.
ACCOUNTING FOR FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS RISK IN THE APPLICATION OF IMPROVED FARM TECHNOLOGIES: THE CASE OF INORGANIC FERTILIZER USE IN OYO NORTH AREA OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA
title ACCOUNTING FOR FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS RISK IN THE APPLICATION OF IMPROVED FARM TECHNOLOGIES: THE CASE OF INORGANIC FERTILIZER USE IN OYO NORTH AREA OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA
title_full ACCOUNTING FOR FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS RISK IN THE APPLICATION OF IMPROVED FARM TECHNOLOGIES: THE CASE OF INORGANIC FERTILIZER USE IN OYO NORTH AREA OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA
title_fullStr ACCOUNTING FOR FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS RISK IN THE APPLICATION OF IMPROVED FARM TECHNOLOGIES: THE CASE OF INORGANIC FERTILIZER USE IN OYO NORTH AREA OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA
title_full_unstemmed ACCOUNTING FOR FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS RISK IN THE APPLICATION OF IMPROVED FARM TECHNOLOGIES: THE CASE OF INORGANIC FERTILIZER USE IN OYO NORTH AREA OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA
title_short ACCOUNTING FOR FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS RISK IN THE APPLICATION OF IMPROVED FARM TECHNOLOGIES: THE CASE OF INORGANIC FERTILIZER USE IN OYO NORTH AREA OF OYO STATE, NIGERIA
title_sort accounting for farmers attitude towards risk in the application of improved farm technologies the case of inorganic fertilizer use in oyo north area of oyo state nigeria
topic Improved Farm technologies, Inorganic fertilizer, Risk and Oyo State.
topic_facet Improved Farm technologies, Inorganic fertilizer, Risk and Oyo State.
url https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/522
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