Factors Influencing Adoption of Improved Cultivars of Macadamia (Macadamia spp.) among Small-Scale Farmers in Embu County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorNjiru, Moses Muchangi
dc.contributor.authorMogaka, Hezron Ruzungu
dc.contributor.authorNdirangu, Samuel Njiir
dc.contributor.authorGichimu, Bernard Mukiri
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-09T08:44:13Z
dc.date.available2022-02-09T08:44:13Z
dc.date.issued2021-10
dc.descriptionArticeen_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVol. 25 (4) October, 2021en_US
dc.identifier.uriDOI: 10.4314/jae.v25i4.13
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.embuni.ac.ke/handle/embuni/3981
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Agricultural Extensionen_US
dc.subjectAdoptionen_US
dc.subjectmacadamiaen_US
dc.subjectsmall scale farmersen_US
dc.titleFactors Influencing Adoption of Improved Cultivars of Macadamia (Macadamia spp.) among Small-Scale Farmers in Embu County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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