Abstract:
Low adoption of modern agricultural production technologies amongst farmers in Ghana has been
identified as one of the main reasons for the low agricultural productivity in the country. This paper
examines the factors that influence farm households’ modern agricultural production technology adoption
decisions in Ghana. Household questionnaires were administered to 300 farmers the Bawku West District
of Ghana; and the logit model was estimated to ascertain the factors. The results showed that farm size,
expected benefits from technology adoption, access to credit and extension services are the factors that
significantly influence technology adoption decisions of farm households in the study area. It is concluded
that farm households’ agricultural technology adoption decisions depends on their socio-economic
circumstances and institutional effectiveness. We recommend that policies should be formulated to take
advantage of the factors that positively influence farmers’ adoption of modern agricultural production
technologies and to mitigate the negative onesLow adoption of modern agricultural production technologies amongst farmers in Ghana has been
identified as one of the main reasons for the low agricultural productivity in the country. This paper
examines the factors that influence farm households’ modern agricultural production technology adoption
decisions in Ghana. Household questionnaires were administered to 300 farmers the Bawku West District
of Ghana; and the logit model was estimated to ascertain the factors. The results showed that farm size,
expected benefits from technology adoption, access to credit and extension services are the factors that
significantly influence technology adoption decisions of farm households in the study area. It is concluded
that farm households’ agricultural technology adoption decisions depends on their socio-economic
circumstances and institutional effectiveness. We recommend that policies should be formulated to take
advantage of the factors that positively influence farmers’ adoption of modern agricultural production
technologies and to mitigate the negative ones
