The Impact Of Improved Technology On Crop Productivity A Case Study In Basona Worana Wereda North Shewa Amhara Region

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This paper tries to examin e the impact oj improved technology on Ja rm productivityrnand income oj Jarm households. Further, yield and income difference betweenrnadopters and non -a dopters resulting from the level oj technology adoption.rnTheoretical and empirical findings suggested that crop yields particularly that ojrnwh eat whose p roven t echn.ology (improved seed varieties) are available showedrnmarked produ ctivity. Techn ology adoption by Jar increased the income oJJarmers thatrnuse commercialJertilizer both with local alld improved seed.rnThe reason Jor technology adoption is that yield could not be increased to satisfy thernpresent Jood requirements oj the population, given the decline in sOilJertility and poorrnagronom ic practices.rnAgricultural productivity in the Ethiopian cOIUext suffered from low input application.,rndeterioration in the soil nutr ients, inappropriate agricultural policies, recurrentrndrought, etc. All these Jactors adversely affect Jood production and productivity a ndrnthus have made the countly to heavily depend on Jood imports and Jood aid. Althoughrnthe past package programs prove the possibility oj increasing yield, its coverage andrnthe purpose to wh ich it served had never changed the life oj th e rural poor inrnparticular and th e overall the sector's peljormance, at la rge. That is to say, thosernpackage programs prior to the early 1990 's served only the small portioll oj the richrnJarmers. In understanding oj the problem, th e present government put into effect thenew extension program known as the PADETES with the objective of increasing farmrnproductivity of the mass of the small farmers through widespread application ofrnimproved technologies and farmers' participation in the process of planning andrnimplementing in the choice and adoption of available technologies. Since itsrnimplementation reports showed that it was possible to increase farmers ' yield by morernthan two-fold.rnHaving examining the hitherto theoretical and empirical findings, this paper tried tornlink its results with these facts. The results of this study ji-om the sample of 175rnhouseholds in Basona Worana woreda of Amhara North Shewa showed that farmersrnwith better land, farm oxen, educational status, etc are adopters of improvedrntechnology. All adopters were found better both in yield and income levels than nonadopters.rnWheat and barely yields showed significant productivity improvement.rnFurther, it is tried to show farm income differential between adopters and nonadoptersrnthrough employing financial analysis method.rnIt is important to note that problems related to the input and credit market, poorrnextension and research links, and institutiollal problems, among others arrested thernlevel of technology adoption and hence the increase in farm productivity. Therefore, itrnis essential to mitigate albeit solve these problems so as to attain the objective of foodrnself-sufficiency and food security at the national or household levels.

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