Abstract:
The need for applying modern agricultural inputs like improved seeds and fertilizer in Ethiopian
agriculture is not debatable. These inputs are the major productivity enhancing inputs. Hence,
increased and effective use of fertilizer and improved seeds can be considered as a more
plausible alternative in Ethiopia to bridge the wide gap of food shortage at least in the
immediatly.
This study is designed to identify factors influencing the adoption of modern agricultural inputs and intensity uses among small holder were analyzed in dabat woreda. From a total of 4494
households120 sample households were considered for this study.
The result of the chi square and T-test showed and regression analysis show that household
heads’ education level, farm size, credit accessibility positively and significantly affected the
farm households’ adoption decision; while sex, age and marital status were found insignificant
regarding with adoption of agricultural input. According to their interview to estimate income
that showed that the average income and consumption expenditure of adopters are greater than
that of non-adopters. Based on these findings it is recommended that the zonal and the woreda
leaders extension agents farm and education experts, policy makers and other development
oriented organizations have to plan in such a way that the farm households in the study area will
obtain sufficient education, credit accessibilities and also access to modern agricultural inputs
sufficiently have to train farmers to make them understand the benefits obtained from adopting
the new technologies.
