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

Table 7

Farmers’ adoption status of improved Tef seed rate.

Soil type	Seed rate adoption category	Freq.	%	Mean kg ha^−1	Std. dev.	F-test
Nitosols	Nonadopters	31	20.39	0	0	790.17^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	3	1.97	34.16	3.81
	Medium adopters	26	17.11	37.09	6.24
	High adopters	92	60.53	32.73	2.908
	Total	152	100	26.83	14.14
Vertisols	Nonadopters	34	20.99	0	0	2,009.32^∗∗∗
	Low adopters	1	0.62	34.11	—
	Medium adopters	38	23.46	48.42	2.41
	High adopters	89	54.94	38.82	3.48
	Total	162	100.00	32.89	17.68

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