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

Table 22

Farmers’ perception towards row planting method.

Attributes of row planting method	Distribution of respondents based on the perception of Tef row planting (frequency)					Item mean	SD
	SA	A	ND	D	SD
Relative advantage
High yield	158	37	27	27	0	4.56	0.73
Reduce seed cost	154	63	7	0	0	4.65	0.53
Reduce fertilizer cost	150	65	5	1	3	4.59	0.68
Tolerance to lodging	18	117	42	25	22	3.37	1.10
Convenient for weeding	125	84	15	0	0	4.49	0.62
Total mean						21.66
Grand mean						4.33
Relative disadvantage
Consume high labor	190	32	2	0	0	4.82	0.50
Time consume	170	52	0	0	2	4.73	0.55
Low straw quality	160	56	4	3	1	4.65	0.63
Total mean						14.2
Grand mean						4.73

Source: own survey (2020). SA = strongly agree, A = agree, ND = no decision, SD = strongly disagree, and D = disagree.