agricultural training centres (atcs) promote crop and livestock development by providing extension information to farmers and serving as models of improved crop and livestock husbandry practices. although potato farmers in nyandarua county were trained on potato production technologies, their average yield was ≤16 tonnes per hectare compared to the national potential of 30 tonnes. this study th...

the aim of this study was to examine factors affecting adoption of mini-tuber seed potato. survey research design was used in this study. a sample of 100 potato growers who were informed about mini-tuber was selected and divided into adopter and non-adopter groups. questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection and was validated by a panel of experts. a pilot study was conducted f...

t he study examined factors influencing the adoption of improved cassava processing technologies. interview schedule was used to collect information from 100 rural women involved in cassava processing. the average age of the respondents was 51 years and majority (77%) had formal education. the women’s main source of information on the improved cassava processing technologies was through the wia...

The study analyses the Hungarian and Austrian adoption laws that inspired lawmakers of Czechoslovak Act No. 56 1928 Coll. As laws, on Adoption recognised as a contract to ensure an heir. It advocated compliance with principle adoptio naturam imitatur. Therefore, it helped improve social legal position abandoned neglected children. For lawmakers, primary inspiration source was General Civil Code...

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The focus of this study is on lecturer’s use of online technology in the higher education context. Precisely, this study aims to understand the effect of personal innovativeness in IT (PI) in determining technology adoption behavior of lecturers in the higher education institutes in Sri Lanka. In this study, the variable of personal innovativeness in IT is integrated with the UTAUT framework an...

artificial insemination (ai) is an important technique for breeding that has been extensively used in dairy farming worldwide. however, it has not been fully adopted in iran's dairy farms, especially in ardabil province. the main objective of this research was to study factors affecting adoption of ai in dairy farms of ardabil province. in order to predict the adoption of ai, technology ad...

the study focused on constraints affecting the adoption of innovative agricultural technologies disseminated by the women-in-agriculture (wia) unit of the akwa ibom agricultural development programme (akadep) to its women clientele. the study also ascertained the awareness and adoption levels of such introduced technologies. findings revealed that respondents were aware of 61.9% of introduced t...