P. Kamanda, E. Momoh, Masa Veronicah Motaung, K. Yila
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The study examined factors influencing adoption of NERICA rice production and post-harvest technologies by smallholder farmers in Magbema and Kaiyamba chiefdoms in Sierra Leone. The data were purposively obtained from 150 smallholder NERICA farmers through a multi-stage sampling procedure from NERICA farmers in both chiefdoms. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data, analyzed with the aid of percentage and logistic regression. Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the farmers significantly influenced the adoption of recommended NERICA production technologies. For the post-harvest technologies, the R2 of 0.26 suggests that only the socioeconomic characteristics of the farmers significantly influenced the adoption of the recommended NERICA post-harvest technologies. Contact with extension agents, promotion of a literacy drive to raise technological awareness among farmers, and timely input delivery to attract and sustain the farmers’ interest to adopt NERICA rice production and post-harvest technologies.
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The Journal of Agricultural Extension (JAE) is devoted to the advancement of knowledge of agricultural extension services and practice through the publication of original and empirically based research, focusing on; extension administration and supervision, programme planning, monitoring and evaluation, diffusion and adoption of innovations; extension communication models and strategies; extension research and methodological issues; nutrition extension; extension youth programme; women-in-agriculture; extension, Climate Change and the environment, ICT, innovation systems. JAE will normally not publish articles based on research covering very small geographic area that cannot feed into policy except they present critical insights into emerging agricultural innovations.
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