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    ANALYSIS OF ADOPTION OF DOWNY MILDEW RESISTANT MAIZE TECHNOLOGY IN GUINEA SAVANNA AGRICULTURAL ZONE OF NIGERIA
    (Departmentof of Agricultural Science, 2016-03-04) O.J, SALIU; P.E, ADEJOH; L.A, USMAN
    This study examined the adoption of downy mildew resistant maize technology in Guinea Savanna agricultural zone (Kogi State) Nigeria. Primary data were collected using structured interview schedule and personal interview of 120 maize producers. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the respondents. Data analysis was carried out using frequency counts, percentage and logit regression. The results revealed that access to credit facility and farming experience significantly influenced adoption of downy mildew resistant maize variety at 5% and 1% levels. The study further revealed that the adoption of downy mildew resistant maize variety kept on increasing from 2.17 in 2008 to 3.89 in 2013. The constraints to adoption of downy mildew resistant maize variety includes, high cost of tractor hiring for land preparation with a mean score of (2.90), inaccessibility to tractor (2.72), unavailability of tractor (2.36), unavailability of downy mildew resistant maize seed variety (2.33), while inadequate knowledge of planting downy mildew resistant maize variety (2.10), high cost of downy mildew resistant maize variety (2.05) and inadequate extension contact (2.03) were also identified as constraints. Increase in the number of visit to the maize farmers by well trained extension agents for knowledge sharing of downy mildew resistant maize variety practice was recommended to improve the adoption and output of downy mildew resistant maize variety in Nigeria