Interdependence of producers’ adoption decision of agronomic Practices in maize production; evidence from northwest Ethiopia

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Abstract Background: Ethiopia is one of the third largest maize producing country in Africa. In the country, maize is an essential cereal crop which produced by smallholder farmers both for consumption and commercial purpose. Nevertheless, inability to use most recent agricultural technologies marks low production and productivity of cereal crops in general and maize crop in particular in the study area. Therefore, this research was designed to assess adoption of latest agricultural practices on maize production in northwest Ethiopia. Methods: Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire administered on 385 maize producers’ selected using systematic random sampling technique. Combinations of data analysis methods such as descriptive statistics and multivariate probit model were used for analyzing the data. Result: The study revealed that four main latest agronomic practices such as inter-cropping, inter-row spacing; intra-row spacing and early planting were dominantly used for maize production in northwest Ethiopia. Likewise, the multivariate probit model result shows some policy relevant variables for instance age of household’s , sex, education status, land size allotted to maize, and Frequency of extension contact were significantly influenced their willingness to adopt and use modern agricultural practice in maize production. Conclusion: Generally, most maize producers were used various agronomic practice simultaneously as a best strategies for yield maximization, nutritional security, risk minimization and income diversification Therefore, based on the findings, the interdependency of producers’ decision to adopt and use latest agronomic practices in maize production should be develop through strengthening extension services, and providing intensive training both for producers and development agents. Keywords: Maize; adoption; agronomic practice; Producer; Ethiopia

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