Factors Influencing Adoption of Improved Cultivars of Macadamia (Macadamia spp.) among Small-Scale Farmers in Embu County, Kenya
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2021-10
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Journal of Agricultural Extension
Abstract
The study investigated the factors influencing adoption of improved cultivars
of macadamia (Macadamia spp.) among small-scale farmers in Embu
County, Kenya. Data was collected from a sample of 384 small-scale farmers
obtained through multistage sampling procedure in ten sub-locations. Binary
Logit model was used to determine the effect of selected institutional and
socio-economic factors on adoption of improved cultivars of macadamia. The
results revealed that education level (wald=26.160), access to extension
services (wald=6.246) and farm size (wald=4.271) had significant positive
influence on adoption of improved cultivars of macadamia while age of the
farmer (wald=5.235) and market distance (wald=5.519) had a negative
influence on the same. There is need to encourage the youth to embrace
macadamia farming and to develop smart marketing strategies to promote
adoption of improved cultivars.
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Adoption, macadamia, small scale farmers
Citation
Vol. 25 (4) October, 2021