ABSTRACT
In order to facilitate a scientific assessment of
the viability of the IAR4D concept, this paper
analyzed the factors affecting adoption of
agricultural technologies as well as
determined the profitability of cereals and
legumes in the Sudan savanna of Nigeria.
Data were obtained from the baseline study
conducted in 2008 as well as other official
secondary data. Descriptive statistics,
budgetary as well as logistic regression
techniques were used to analyze the data.
Results show that the respondent’s age range
vary between 40 and 55 years implying that
they are relatively young elders with large
family size of between 12 and 14 possibly
providing family labour for farm work. The
educational level is expectedly low with only
about a third ofthem having up to six years of
formal education. The regression results
reveal that the location of the farmer, large
family size and awareness encouraged
adoption of new technologies across the
various sites. The gross margin analysis
reveals that among the cereal crops, maize
gave the highest yield and revenue, while for
legume crops, groundnut gave the highest
yield and revenue figures in all sites with
labour being the highest variable cost item on
all sites. In conclusion, the study affirmed that
farmers in the study area possess the potential
to adopt agricultural innovations which could
increase yields and enhanced income
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