Constraints of Adoption of Agricultural Extension Package Technologies on Sorghum Crop Production at Smallholder Farm Household Level: Evidence from West Hararghe Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia

Table 3

Farmers adopted inorganic and organic fertilizers and other inputs in the 2017/18 production year.

Inputs used	Gemechis		Mieso		Both
	Freq.	%	Freq.	%	Freq.	%
No use of any fertilizer	46	38.02	66	82.50	112	55.72
NPS (all kinds)	73	60.33	14	17.50	87	43.28
NPS only	24	19.83	0	0.00	24	11.94
NPS boron	18	14.88	0	0.00	18	8.96
NPS boron and urea	13	10.74	0	0.00	13	6.47
NPS and urea	19	15.70	13	16.25	32	15.9
Urea (with other fertilizers)	34	27.27	14	17.50	47	23.38
Urea only	1	0.83	1	1.25	2	1.00
Farmyard manure (FYM)	95	78.51	30	37.50	125	62.19
Compost	24	19.83	3	3.75	27	13.43
Improved sorghum seed	8	6.60	3	3.75	11	5.47
Crop protection chemicals	16	13.22	9	11.25	25	12.44
Row planting	49	40.50	1	1.25	50	25

Source: survey result (2019). Freq. = frequency.