Adoption of improved rice production technologies in irrigable lowland areas of Jere, Borno State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study assessed the adoption of improved rice production technologies in irrigable lowland areas of Jere Local Government Area, Borno State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select 200 respondents, who were administrated with questionnaires. Data were analyze using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study showed that majority (98.0%) of the respondents were male, most (33.5%) of the rice farmers were within the age range of 41-50 years, majority (90.0%) of the respondents were married, majority (82.5%) of the respondents went through informal education, about (56.0%) of the farmers had 6-10 household size, most (43.0%) of the respondents had 20 years and above farming experience, majority (69.5%) were not a member of cooperative in the study area, also majority (93.5) had extension contact through informal means. The findings of the study show that, six out of the nine recommended rice production technologies were classified as high practice, one of the rice technologies was considered as medium practice, while the remaining two of the recommended technologies considered as low practice. This implies that respondents’ compliance was high in terms of technology transfer. The findings further shows that the age was positively significant at 0.05 while education, farming experience, cooperative membership and extension contact were positively significant at 0.01.