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Farmers’ Adoption of New Agricultural Technology Programme in Hambantota District in Sri Lanka: An Analysis of Constraining Factors

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dc.contributor.author Silva, K.N.N.
dc.contributor.author Broekel, T.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-07-24T08:31:21Z
dc.date.available 2017-07-24T08:31:21Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Silva, K.N.N., & Broekel, T. (2016). Farmers’ Adoption of New Agricultural Technology Programme in Hambantota District in Sri Lanka: An Analysis of Constraining Factors. Sri Lankan Journal of Business Economics, 6, 1-21. en_US, si_LK
dc.identifier.issn 1391-9601
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/5281
dc.description.abstract This paper examines the major factors constraining the adoption of a newly introduced paddy improvement technology programme by farmers in the Hambantota district, as seen from the perspective of Agricultural extension officers. Further, the adoption pattern of those technological programmes by farmers was analyzed. A structured interview schedule was used to collect data from a purposively selected sample of 30 AI officers. Data was analyzed using the principal factor model with iteration and Varimax rotation, and simple linear regression analysis was done to explain any relationship between the adoption levels of farmers in each of the adoption stages. The results showed that a majority of AI officers perceived that only 40-60 per cent of farmers actually adopted the new technology programme. As for the percentage of farmers who proceeded to adopt each stage of the multi-stage process, the majority of the fanners in the community progressed to the awareness stage but only about 50 per cent of farmers continued until the final adoption stage was reached. Among the factors that could be cited as constraining the adoption: a lack of resources, incompatibility and complexity of new technology, and socio-economic and cultural constraints. Inadequacies in extension intervention, technical training and information were the main constraints that compromised the information and knowledge network. Moreover, the Yaya 2 programme was hindered by environmental and economic barriers, poor educational competencies of farmers and weak information links with the other actors of the network. These findings suggest that there is an urgent need for researchers, policy makers and administrators of the extension service to consider these constraints seriously so as to overcome them to increase the adoption rate by farmers of the new paddy technology programme in Hambantota. en_US, si_LK
dc.language.iso en en_US, si_LK
dc.publisher University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Agricultural Technology, en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Constraints en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Adoption Stages en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Adoption en_US, si_LK
dc.title Farmers’ Adoption of New Agricultural Technology Programme in Hambantota District in Sri Lanka: An Analysis of Constraining Factors en_US, si_LK
dc.type Article en_US, si_LK


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