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Smallholder Farmers’ Adoption Drivers for the System of Rice Intensification Practice:The Case of Mkindo Irrigation Scheme, Tanzania
MUST JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT,
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2020): Smallholder Farmers’ Adoption Drivers for the System of Rice Intensification Practice: The Case of Mkindo Irrigation Scheme, Tanzania
Abstract
Intermittent irrigation is among the activities done when practicing the System of Rice Intensification to increase rice yields as well as farmers’ profit margin in a sustainable manner. Regardless of this, little information is known with regard to the drivers toward to or not to adopt System of Rice Intensification practices by subsistence farmers. The study that attempted to shade light on the extent of adoption of System of Rice Intensification practices by rice farmers was conducted at Mkindo Rice Irrigation Scheme in Morogoro region. Experimental research design and expert sampling plan was employed in which structured interview schedule
was used to collect cross sectional data of 100 System of Rice Intensification and non-System of Rice Intensification participants. Descriptive statistics information was obtained using SPSS package version 20. Survey results showed that high grain yield (58.93%) and increased return to labour (51.79%) were key factors that influenced rice farmers to adopt System of Rice Intensification. Contrary, lack of training (79.54%), awareness (77.27%) and skills acquisition (52.27%) on System of Rice Intensification practices were factors that negatively influenced the
adoption of System of Rice Intensification practices. It is therefore concluded that high grain yield and increased return to labour influenced rice farmers to adopt SRI technology. Conversely, lack of training and awareness on System of Rice Intensification technology were key barriers to System of Rice Intensification adoption. It is therefore recommended that smallholder rice farmers should be trained and made aware of high grain yield and increased returns to labour associated with System of Rice Intensification technology so as to adopt it.
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