Abstract
It is widely accepted that the use of advance agriculture technology
increases the yields and/or agriculture output. While the dominance of
technology in the agriculture sector, the factors affecting the adoption
and management of the various agriculture technologies cannot be
ignored. Pakistan, like other developing economies, largely depends on
agriculture. Therefore, it is quite surprising that like other developing
countries, Pakistan is still struggling to access the modern advance
agriculture technology of the 21st century. This paper deals with the
questions vital to identify the factors affecting the use of appropriate
and available agricultural technologies in Peach farming. Peach
farming is the largest in terms of cropland use and the production in
District Swat amongst other districts in the province of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. However, in terms of productivity and yield, it is found
significantly low concerning identified potential. An objective analysis
is conducted to identify the available technologies and factors that
affect the extent of usage in the sample farm households and
communities. The collected data with the help of questionnaire was
analyzed with frequency distribution, percentages and mean values.
Empirically, aprobit model is used to determine the influence of
different factors on the adoption of new technologies. It is revealed that
the main factors that affect the level of the adaptation new technologies
are the lack of information about new technologies and lack of credit
services. The probit model indicated that there are significant links
between lack of information, lack of credit funds, the high cost of
fertilizers, lack of improved verities and adoption of appropriate
technologies.
Manzoor Hussain Memon, Khalid Khan, Muhammad YasirAbbass, Gulawar Khan, Muhammad Abdul Kamal. (2015) Impediments to Technology Adoption: A Case Study of Peach Production in District Swat, Pakistan, Journal of Managerial Sciences, Volume 9, Issue 2.
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