Figure 16 : Mean crop production for non-adopters and adopters
The survey result shows that the program objective for the ATASP-1 Program resulted in substantial improvement in the adoption of these technologies across all the 3 enterprise crops. The participating farmers in the Rice crop enterprises showed 99.7% increase in adoption of these technologies from a mean of 2,458 with 30 participants to a high of 4,911 with 29 participants as adopters showing a mean difference of 2,452 higher. The survey result also showed that, the participating Sorghum farmers had a 137.7% increase in technology adoption from 28 participants with 1,464 mean level of non- adopters to a higher of 29 adopters with mean level of increase of 3,482 technology adoption showing an increased mean rate of adoption of 2,018 for Sorghum crop enterprise. The survey report on the Cassava crop farmers showed 74.0% increase in technology adoption from an initial mean rate of non-adopters of 1,084 with 96 participants, which increased to a mean level of adoption of 1,895 showing a mean increased difference in adoption rate of 805. Technology adoption is one of the many measures to ensure that food production and food security are not adversely affected by climate change. The adoption and the adaptation of technologies that have strong imperative for sustainability of improved quality of life for the farmers depends largely on how the technology mitigates the climate variability risks. 4.7
Effect of GAP on farmers' income (Cassava, Sorghum and Rice farmers) The ATASP-1 Program disseminated several Good Agronomic Practices to participating farmers in the production of 3 crops, Sorghum, Cassava and Rice across the SCPZs. The program objective for the ATASP-1 Program is to improve substantially the productivity and income of the farmers and other participants in the agribusiness value chain. Essentially, this is one of the many measures to ensure that food production and food security are not adversely affected by climate change. The adoption and the adaptation of technologies that have strong imperative for sustainability of improved quality of life for Yield and Technology Adoption Survey
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