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    ASSESSMENT OF THE RATES OF ADOPTION OF IMPROVED CROP PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE SUDAN SAVANNAH AGROECOLOGICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA (2008-2011)
    (Department Of Science And Laboratory Technology, Nasarawa State University Keffi., 2016-04-09) Ugbabe, O. O; Ahmed, B.; Abdoulaye, T.; Kamara, A. Y.
    Some improved crop production technologies were promoted in Kano and Katsina States of Nigeria since 2008 in a series of farmer-managed field trials in four Innovation Platforms (IPs) in the Sudan Savannah Task Force (SSTF) of Kano-Katsina- Maradi Pilot Learning Site (KKM -PLS) of the Sub Saharan African Challenge Programme (SSA-CP). The objective of this paper was to determine the rates and intensities of adoption of these technologies. To achieve this, primary data were collected in 2011 cropping season using questionnaires administered on 300 farming households, consisting of ten households each selected randomly from 30 villages each in the clean, conventional and treatment site. The data were analyzed using adoption level and index. The results showed that, out of the 231 crop farmers that participated or has access to the SSTF improved crop technologies, 59.31% adopted them, while the estimated mean adoption rates for the introduced crop varieties of maize, sorghum, cowpea, millet and groundnut were: 67%, 46%, 54%, 46% and 52%, respectively. The study concludes that the adoption rates for the introduced technologies were satisfactory. It is still necessary to form a strong linkage between farmers and input sources, particularly seed and fertilizer suppliers to improve their timely availability and enhance productivity.