Current Practices of Farmers Adoption of Improved Food Barley Variety in Case Study of Welmera District of Oromia Region Ethiopia

Endale Mekonnen; Bogale Ayana

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Current Practices of Farmers Adoption of Improved Food Barley Variety in Case Study of Welmera District of Oromia Region Ethiopia

Endale Mekonnen^*, Bogale Ayana

Published in International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 8, Issue 6)

Received: 25 October 2023 Accepted: 10 November 2023 Published: 24 November 2023

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This research activity was conducted in Welmera districts of west Shewa zone Oromia with the objective of examining the current practice of smallholder farmers toward the adoption of improved food barley varieties in the study area. Food barley is a stable grain, widely grown by farmers in Ethiopia's different highlands. One of the most important tactics for ensuring food security in the nations is seen to be improving its production. One of the most widely consumed and produced foods is food barley in the district. The aim of this research was to assess the current practices of farmers toward the adoption of improved food barley in the study area. This study used a three-stage sampling procedure in which purposive selection of district and Kebeles were selected by using random sampling. Stratified sampling was employed to identify adopters and non-adopters and simple random sampling was used to select respondents. The study is based on primary data collected from 142 samples selected through an interview schedule-assisted survey questionnaire. The findings of the study reveal that adopters and non-adopters of improved food barley varieties differ in their land preparation, fertilizer application, topdressing, weeding and protection practices, as well as seed preparation and seedling assessment In general, the study concluded that adopters were better practice recommended extension package. Therefore, the extension and research system should address these factors to provide solutions.

Published in	International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 8, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijae.20230806.16
Page(s)	267-273
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Adoption, Improved, Perception, Technology, Welmera District

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Mekonnen E, Ayana B. Current Practices of Farmers Adoption of Improved Food Barley Variety in Case Study of Welmera District of Oromia Region Ethiopia. Int J Agric Econ. 2023;8(6):267-273. doi: 10.11648/j.ijae.20230806.16

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Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Holeta Agricultural Research Center, Holeta, Ethiopia

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Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Holeta Agricultural Research Center, Holeta, Ethiopia

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