ABSTRACT The study assesses determinants of adoption of improved fababean varieties in Limu-Bilbilo woreda of arsi zone, oromia national regional state Ethiopia. To this end, the objectives of this study were: to assess the status of adoption of improved fababean varieties production in the study area and to analyze determinant factors of adoption of improved fababean varieties in the study area. For this study, three fababean growing Kebeles were selected randomly, and a total of 170 fababean producing farm households were identified with probability proportional to size (PPS) of households from kebeles of . Descriptive analysis and logistic regression (binary logit) were used to identify the relative importance of the various factors associated with adoption of improved fababean varieties. The result of descriptive analysis indicated that about50.6 % of the sample respondents were adopters of the improved fababean varieties, while 49.4% were non- adopters. Results of the logistic regression analysis indicate that among, 15 identified explanatory variables experience of households in fababean crop production, livestock holding, family size in man equivalent and training attendance significantly influenced adoption of improved fababean varieties. The overall finding of the study underlined the high importance of training and experience sharing visits in the areas of extension service to support famers and thereby to facilitate adoption of improved fababean varieties. There is also need to consider farmers’ experience asset holding position and labour situation in fababean crop production during the new fababean technology development, evaluation and dissemination process.

TITLE - DETERMINANTS OF ADOPTION OF IMPROVED FABABEAN VARIETIES, IN LIMU-BILBILO WOREDA OF ARSI ZONE, OROMIA NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE, ETHIOPIA
AUTHOR - SINTAYEHU ABEBE AZAGE
••••••IJSER Edition - July 2021

UNIVERSITY - HAWASSA UNIVERSITY
GUIDE NAME -
AYELE TESSEMA (PhD)
ADAM BEKELE (PhD)