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

Table 4

Adoption of Tef production technology packages in Yilmana Densa district.

Packages	Adoption category	Freq.	%	Mean adoption index	Std. dev.	F-test
Area allocation in improved seed	Nonadopters	48	21.43	0.00	0.0	1,202^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	7	3.13	0.31	0.02
	Medium adopters	53	23.66	0.53	0.08
	High adopters	116	51.79	0.91	0.11
	Total	224	100.00	0.60	0.37
Row planting	Nonadopters	213	95.09	0.0	0.0	84,580^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	1	0.45	0.13	0.06
	Medium adopters	6	2.68	0.47	0.03
	High adopters	4	1.79	1.00	0.0
	Total	224	100.00	0.02	0.13
Seed rate for Nitosols	Nonadopters	31	20.39	0.0	—	917.33^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	3	1.97	0.29	0.03
	Medium adopters	26	17.11	0.58	0.10
	High adopters	92	60.53	0.77	0.07
	Total	152	100.00	0.57	0.31
Seed rate for Vertisols	Nonadopters	34	20.99	0.0	0.0	1,534.76^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	1	0.62	0.29	-
	Medium adopters	38	23.46	0.62	0.03
	High adopters	89	54.94	0.77	0.07
	Total	162	100.00	0.57	0.31
Packages	Adoption category	Freq.	%	Mean adoption index	Std. dev.	F-test
Urea for Nitosols	Nonadopters	4	2.45	0.6	0.70	45.98^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	2	1.23	0.33	0.0
	Medium adopters	88	53.99	0.60	0.08
	High adopters	69	42.33	0.81	0.07
	Total	163	100.00	0.69	0.16
Urea for Vertisols	Nonadopters	10	6.13	0.0	0.0	719.25^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	0	0.00	-	-
	Medium adopters	30	18.40	0.61	0.04
	High adopters	123	75.46	0.80	0.07
	Total	163	100.00	0.71	0.20
NPS/NPSB For Nitosols	Nonadopters	2	1.23	0.66	0.94	50.23^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	1	0.61	0.25	—
	Medium adopters	75	46.01	0.64	0.05
	High adopters	85	52.15	0.82	0.07
	Total	163	100.00	0.73	0.14
NPS/NPSB for Vertisols	Nonadopters	11	6.75	0.0	0.0	893.04^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	0	0.00	—	—
	Medium adopters	97	59.51	0.63	0.05
	High adopters	55	33.74	0.79	0.06
	Total	163	100.00	0.64	0.19
Crop rotation	Nonadopters	20	8.93	0.0	0.0	1,871.97^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	5	2.23	0.33	0.0
	Medium adopters	69	30.80	0.56	0.08
	High adopters	130	58.04	0.98	0.05
	Total	224	100.00	0.75	0.31
Weeding frequency	Nonadopters	0	0.00	—	—	484.63^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	33	14.73	0.33	0.01
	Medium adopters	154	68.75	0.58	0.08
	High adopters	37	16.52	0.90	0.09
	Total	224	100.00	0.59	0.18
Plowing frequency	Nonadopters	0	0.00	—	—	87.76^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	2	0.89	0.25	0.0
	Medium adopters	3	1.34	0.62	0.0
	High adopters	219	97.77	0.94	0.08
	Total	224	100.00	0.93	0.11

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