Abstract:
This study was designed to investigate practice, challenges and opportunities of farmers on adoption of agricultural Technology for agricultural productivity in Yeki district. Required data were collected from two kebeles of Yeki district from 146 randomly selected households (74 male headed and 72 female headed), key informant Interview and focus group discussions. The data were entered in SPSS software and organized in tables and figures and further described and analyzed following descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and multiple linear regression analyses procedures. In inferential statistics, Chi- square (X 2) test, have been applied. In order to test the significance of association between dependent and explanatory variables, i.e.; for r and coefficients t-test has been used when ever required. Tests of significances have been decided at P ≤ 0.1 levels. Chemical fertilizer, use of improved seed, access to credit and contacts with agricultural extension agent’s increases households’ agricultural production. On the other hand, it was only the use of improved seed for female headed farmers was positive and significantly increases agricultural production. Age, educational level, family member less than 14 years old, use of improved seed and practice of agricultural technology adoption were found significantly influencing the index of all respondents’ and male headed farmers ‘Agricultural productivity. Among different challenges which hinder women’s access to agricultural technology adoption were limited access to credit facilities, less control over resources, and limited access to market information.
