This study of the adoption of maize production technologies in the Lake Zone of Tanzania forms part of a larger study to evaluate the impact of maize research and extension throughout Tanzania over the past 20 years. Using a structured questionnaire, researchers and extension officers interviewed farmers in June-November 1995. Survey data were classified by agroecological zone (the low, intermediate, and high rainfall zones). Major factors affecting the adoption of improved maize practices were technical innovation characteristics and external influences. Tobit analysis showed that education, farmers’ experience, farm size, family labour, extension, livestock units, and use of the hand hoe were significant factors affecting the proportion of land allocated to improved maize varieties.
Adoption of Maize Production Technologies in the Lake Zone of Tanzania
Publisher : International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)Link : http://www.hdl.handle.net/20.500.12018/2782