Research Article

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 4

Constraints of adoption of inorganic and organic fertilizers and their rank indexes.

No.Description of the constraints to use inorganic fertilizersIndexRank

1High price of inorganic fertilizer0.1111
2Problem of on time provision of inorganic fertilizer0.0903
3Negative impact of inorganic fertilizer on farm plot0.05710
4Problem of accessibility at the nearest place0.0874
5Shortage and uneven distribution of rainfall0.1092
6Quality and quantity problem of inorganic fertilizer0.04912
7Sufficient fertilizer is not supplied0.0649
8Less effect in increasing productivity of agricultural crop0.03914
9Effect on human health0.04813
10Not provided with credit0.0776
11Bureaucratic process of providing the inorganic fertilizer0.05511
12No insurance if the crop failure is happened0.0677
13Shortage of money to purchase inorganic fertilizer0.0825
14Unpredictable rainfall amount and distribution0.0658

No.Description of constraints to use organic fertilizersIndexRank
1Less availability of organic fertilizer0.1442
2Shortage of rainfall0.0985
3Need more labor to collect and transport organic fertilizer0.1014
4Less effect in increasing productivity0.0798
5Some organic fertilizer is used for other purposes0.1561
6Negative impact on next crop season0.04510
7Need further process to be decomposed in the soil easily0.0866
8Undeveloped infrastructure and facilities to transport organic fertilizer to the farm plot0.1323
9Problem of awareness creation on the advantage of organic fertilizer0.0857
10Problem of unimproved management system of organic fertilizer0.0749

Source: survey result (2019).