Adoption Status and Perception of Farmers on Improved Tef Technology Packages: Evidence from East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia

Table 11

Farmers’ adoption status of NPS/NPSB fertilizer.

Soil type	NPS fertilizer adoption category	Freq.	%	Mean kg ha^−1	SD	F-test
Nitosols	Nonadopters	1	0.61	0	—	114.85^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	1	0.61	38.46	—
	Medium adopters	75	46.01	96.55	8.44
	High adopters	86	52.76	124.73	14.35
	Total	163	100	110.47	21.11
Vertisols	Nonadopters	11	6.75	0	0	893.04^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	0	0	-	-
	Medium adopters	97	59.51	95.57	8.22
	High adopters	55	33.74	119.50	9.89
	Total	163	100.00	97.19	29.74

Source: own survey data, 2020. ^∗∗∗, ^∗∗, ^∗, and ns .