%0 Journal Article
%T Analysis of Factors Influencing Discontinuance of Technology Adoption: The Situation with Some Nigerian Farmers
%A Mustapha Bello
%A Salau E. S.
%A Ezra L.
%J Sustainable Agriculture Research
%D 2012
%I 
%R 10.5539/sar.v1n2p292
%X The study identified the factors influencing the discontinuance of improved rice technologies in Nasarawa State of Central Nigeria. Multi-stage random sampling was purposely used to select eighty rice farmers from four rice-producing villages of the study area using structured interview schedule on the respondents. Statistical analysis involving frequency counts, means and percentage were used to satisfy objectives 1, 2, 3, and 4 while regression analysis was applied to satisfy objective 5. The results of the regression analysis showed that education and extension contact had significant but negative relationship at 5% level; while age had positive and significant relationship at 1% level with discontinuance of adoption of improved rice technologies. Farmers should be encouraged to participate in the on-going government rural literacy campaign while extension contact be enhanced to minimize discontinuance of improved rice technologies.
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/sar/article/view/19312