Adoption of Improved Technologies in Maize-Based Cropping Systems on Income of Farmers in Ondo State, Nigeria
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 2, June 2017
Pages:
18-22
Received:
24 March 2017
Accepted:
25 April 2017
Published:
5 June 2017
Abstract: This study examined the adoption of improved technologies in maize-based farming systems on income of farmers in Ondo state, Nigeria. It specifically identifies the socio-economic characteristics, determines the intensity of adoption of improved technologies introduced to maize-based farmers and examine the effect of adoption of improved technologies on their income in the study area. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to obtain data from 160 maize-based farmers that were selected from 3 Local Government Areas in Ondo State. Descriptive Statistical Analysis, Budgetary Technique Analysis and Tobit Regression Analysis were used to analyze the data. Results on socio-economic characteristics disclosed that most (59.82 percent) of the respondents were relatively old (more than 50 years) with the mean age of 54.76 years. Also, 50.63 percent of the respondents had between 5 and 8 members in their households. It was revealed that only 29.62 percent of the respondents had secondary education and above. The farmers were well experienced with 65 percent of them having more than 20 years of farming experience and 73.75 percent of them had less than 2 hectares of land as farm size. The result of profitability analysis shows that the total revenue, gross margin and net farm income for the improved technology adopters are ₦750,450, ₦573,130 and ₦521,940 respectively. On the other hand, the total revenue, gross margin and net farm income for the non-adopters of improved technology are ₦320,140, ₦244,180and ₦227,830 respectively, implying that improved technology adopters performed way better than non-adopters in terms of total revenue, gross margin and total cost. The determinants of intensity of adoption of improved technologies in the study area as shown by Tobit regression estimate revealed that age, extension access, farming experience, marital status, household size, farm size and educational level were statistically significant, implying that they are the important variables found to greatly influence the intensity of adoption of improved technologies by maize-based farmers in Ondo state. It is therefore recommended that policy option requires the traditional technology users to embrace the improved agricultural technologies in order to increase their earning per unit of land cultivated should be introduced.
Abstract: This study examined the adoption of improved technologies in maize-based farming systems on income of farmers in Ondo state, Nigeria. It specifically identifies the socio-economic characteristics, determines the intensity of adoption of improved technologies introduced to maize-based farmers and examine the effect of adoption of improved technologi...
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Application Multicriteria Decision Making Method to Determine the Placement of Power Distribution System
Gholamreza Jandaghi,
Fatemeh Alah Akbari
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 2, June 2017
Pages:
23-30
Received:
1 December 2016
Accepted:
15 May 2017
Published:
16 June 2017
Abstract: Exploring the historical path of theories and placement models indicates the deployment in terms of effective criterions and useful approaches in various industries. The distribution of electricity is important because of different reasons and all the efforts are for the sake of decreasing casualties of this network and supplying customer needs. The following research tries to come up with a model for placement the electricity distributer posts and that only happens with the recognition of effective priorities. The following research has used measurement to collect data and samplings were executed with a non-accidental and judgmental method. After asking 11 experts the research detected six criterions and 28 subsets. These criterions are as follows: Technical, Economical, Exploitation, Executive Surveillance and Biological. In the beginning there was a dual comparison between the factors and the effectiveness of these factors was determined by AHP approach. Then with the assessment of all the nominated factors and performing a matrix, some of the Fuzzy TOPSIS were used. In the end the following model was executed by EXCEL and a factor has been determined as the final solution.
Abstract: Exploring the historical path of theories and placement models indicates the deployment in terms of effective criterions and useful approaches in various industries. The distribution of electricity is important because of different reasons and all the efforts are for the sake of decreasing casualties of this network and supplying customer needs. Th...
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Factors Affecting Local Residents’ Support on Tourism Development in Phong Dien District, Can Tho City
Nguyen Quoc Nghi,
Tran Thi Diem Can
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 2, June 2017
Pages:
31-35
Received:
4 May 2017
Accepted:
25 May 2017
Published:
30 June 2017
Abstract: This study is aimed to determine factors affecting local residents’ support on tourism development in Phong Dien district, Can Tho city. Research data from the study were collected from 125 households living in Phong Dien district. Application of Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR), the study results showed that there are five factors affecting local residents’ support on tourism development in Phong Dien including trade-off cost, participation, social utility, attachment and personal utility. In particular, attachment factor has the strongest impact to local peoples’ support on tourism development in Phong Dien district.
Abstract: This study is aimed to determine factors affecting local residents’ support on tourism development in Phong Dien district, Can Tho city. Research data from the study were collected from 125 households living in Phong Dien district. Application of Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR), the study results showed that t...
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