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标题：Analysis of adoption of improved rice production technologies in Jeer local government area of Borno state, Nigeria
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作者：S.B Mustapha ; U.C. Undiandeye ; A.M. Sanusi 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2012
卷号：1
期号：3
页码：1112-1120
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：The study analysed adoption of improved rice production technologies in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages were used to analyse the data. The study revealed that 98.12% of the respondents were male, 57.5% were within 41-50 years and most (33.12%) of the respondentshad adult education. The study revealed that majority (56.25%) of the respondents was aware of the rice production technologies in the study area. Majority of the respondents tried rice production technologies with respect to high yielding varieties (77.50%), early maturing varieties (69.37%), use of weedicides (93.75%), broadcasting method (55.00%), manual harvesting (75.00%) and bagging (63.75%). The study revealed that unavailability of fertilizer was the major (96.25%) constraint affecting the adoptionof rice production technologies by respondents. The study recommends that extension services should be strengthened with necessary inputs for improved adoption of rice production technologies by respondents.
关键词：Adoption; Rice production technologies; Jere; Borno State; Nigeria