Analysis of factors that influence adoption of N2Africa soybeans technologies among smallholder farmers in Kaduna State

Abstract

The study aimed at analysing the factors that influenced adoption of N2Africa Soybean technologies among smallholder farmers in Kaduna State. Primary data were collected using structured questionnaires and interview schedules with the assistance of trained enumerators. Three hundred (300) soybean farmers were selected using multistage sampling technique. The N2Africa soybean technologies analysed were seeds, inoculant and fertilizer. The collected data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics (Tobit regression model and factor analysis). The findings of the study revealed that the respondents accepted the N2Africa soybean technologies highly, their socio-economic characteristics had influence on the rate of soybean technology adoption and the factor analysis result implies that most of the factors encourage farmers to risk trying new innovations and its eventual adoption. The study recommended that soybean technologies (seed, fertilizer and inoculant) should be made readily available; N2Africa should focus on expanding area of intervention in Kaduna and other soybean producing states, and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should complement the efforts of N2Africa for farmers to easily access the soybean technologies.