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FACTORS INFLUENCING ADOPTION DECISIONS OF MAIZE FARMERS IN NIGERIA

机译：影响尼日利亚玉米农户收养决定的因素

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The needs to develop improved varieties of maize have been in the heart of various researchers and institutions in Nigeria because of its strategic role in tackling food insecurity and poverty. Despite substantial efforts to improve maize varieties, the level of adoption of improved maize varieties (IMV) in Nigeria in still very low. Although previous adoption studies have indicated a number of socioeconomic and institutional/organizational variables as important factors influencing adoption of improved maize (crop) varieties in the country, whether these factors are the main issues of concern, and whether the inclusion of regional/agro-ecological variables in adoption model are also important in explaining what could drive farmersa€? adoption behaviour requires investigation. This study therefore examined factors influencing adoption of IMV among farmers in Nigeria using a selected portion of the Nigeria Living Standard Measurement Survey data collected by the National Bureau of Statistics and the World Bank for 2010/2011 cropping season with descriptive statistics and probit model as tools for data analysis. The results suggest, in line with some previous studies, that farm size, education level of farmers and access to extension services would significantly influence adoption of IMV. The results also indicate that farmers across the entire agro-ecological regions of country share some negative sentiments regarding adoption of IMV. Renewed emphasis on interventions that would enable farmers gain more access to farmland, and promote formal education and extension service are advocated. An attempt to incorporate variables that capture farmersa€? perception/experience on agro-climatic/ ecologically related concerns in adoption study could aid better understand of what drives farmersa€? adoption decisions across the country especially in the light of the emerging climate change issues and its implication on food production.
机译：由于尼日利亚在解决粮食不安全和贫困方面的战略作用，因此发展改良玉米品种的需求一直是尼日利亚各种研究人员和机构的核心。尽管为改善玉米品种做出了巨大努力，但尼日利亚改良玉米品种的采用水平仍然很低。尽管以前的收养研究表明许多社会经济和体制/组织变量是影响该国采用改良玉米（作物）品种的重要因素，但这些因素是否是主要关注的问题，以及是否将区域/农业收养模型中的生态变量对于解释什么可能会驱动农民发挥重要作用？收养行为需要调查。因此，本研究使用描述性统计数据和概率模型作为工具，使用了国家统计局和世界银行针对2010/2011种植季节收集的尼日利亚生活水平衡量调查数据的一部分，研究了影响尼日利亚农民采用IMV的因素。用于数据分析。结果表明，与之前的一些研究一致，农场规模，农民的教育水平以及获得推广服务的机会将极大地影响IMV的采用。结果还表明，该国整个农业生态区的农民对采用IMV持某些负面情绪。提倡再次强调干预措施，使农民能够获得更多的耕地机会，并促进正规教育和推广服务。试图合并捕获农民的变量？对收养研究中与农业气候/生态相关问题的看法/经验可有助于更好地了解农民的驱动因素？尤其是根据新出现的气候变化问题及其对粮食生产的影响，在全国范围内做出收养决定。

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