DETERMINANTS OF ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PACKAGE TECHNOLOGIES BY SMALLHOLDER HOUSEHOLDS ON SORGHUM PRODUCTION: CASE OF GEMECHIS AND MIESO DISTRICTS OF WEST HARARGHE ZONE, OROMIA REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA

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This study identified the socio-economic factors that significantly influence adoption of agricultural
extension package technologies on sorghum crop production. Primary and secondary data were
collected for the study. In the sampling procedure, multi stage sampling procedure was used. Data was
analyzed using both descriptive statistics and econometric models. In econometric models Multivariate
Probit (MVP) and Double Hurdle models were used. Multivariate Probit output indicates that, the
probability of the household to use inorganic fertilizer (NPS and Urea), organic fertilizer, crop protection
chemicals and row planting were 43.43, 63.07, 12.51, and 25.04%, respectively. Multivariate Probit
output also shows that, the joint probability of success and failure of using all agricultural extension
package technologies were 3.18 and 24.81%, respectively. Multivariate Probit and Double Hurdle
models result confirm that district, extension visit, livestock holding, perception of the expectation of
the coming rainfall, total farm land and participation on agricultural training significantly affect adoption
decision and intensity use of different agricultural extension package technologies.

DETERMINANTS OF ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION PACKAGE TECHNOLOGIES BY SMALLHOLDER HOUSEHOLDS ON SORGHUM PRODUCTION: CASE OF GEMECHIS AND MIESO DISTRICTS OF WEST HARARGHE ZONE, OROMIA REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA