EGWU, Emeka Williams
The study was to determine the factors affecting farmers adoption of innovation in Delta State of Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure and simple random sampling were employed for the selection of 120 respondents, structural questionnaires and oral interviews were used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistical tools like frequency distribution and mean score in the form of 4 point likert rating. The results shows that the most prominent factors that hinder the adoption of agricultural innovation by farmers in Delta State are poor extension services from change agents, climatic, fund/incentives and fear of loss and cost of innovation while factors such as superiority, profitability, simplicity and compatibility of an innovation promote its adoption.
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