Farmers' Adoption Of Improved Ginger Production Technologies In Abia State

ABSTRACT

A study on farmers' adoption of improved ginger production technologies in Abia State, Nigeria was carried out in the year 2006. The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent of production of ginger by farmers in Abia State. A survey method was used for collecting primary data from the field. The respondents comprised of 180 farmers, randomly selected from six local government areas in Abia State were interviewed using interview schedule. Frequencies, percentages, classical adoption model and multiple regression analysis were used to analyse the data collected. The R2 (Coefficient of multiple determination) is 0.427 which means that 42.7% of the variation is explained by the variables included in the model. Household size, level of formal education and membership of cooperative society were found to be significant determinants of adoption of improved ginger production technologies. The overall result from the study revealed that the adoption level of the technological package was above average with a grand mean adoption score of 4.10.