The Effect Of Adoption Of Improved Yam Production Technologies On Input Cost For Yam Production Among Resource-Poor Farmers In Cross River State, Nigeria

Recommendations of  agricultural extension to farmers are  designed to assist them in improving production through adoption of such agricultural production technologies/ recommendations. However, adoption of improved production technologies by farmers has been low over the years.  This has been partly attributed to the high cost of purchasing and using such improved technologies by farmers.  The study was, therefore, conducted to find out how the adoption level has influenced the amount of money spent on purchase of inputs for yam production by the resource-poor farmers in Cross River State. In conducting the study, 180 yam farmers participating in the Agricultural Development programme (ADP) in Cross River State were randomly selected through multi-stage stratified random sampling technique.  The data collected were analyzed using linear correlation and regression analysis at 1% level. The study showed that agricultural extension through farmers’ adoption of technological recommendations significantly increased farmers’ expenditure on purchase of yam productions inputs. The effect of adoption on input cost was found to be highly significant at 1% level.  The null hypothesis that adoption does not affect input cost was, therefore, rejected, while the alternative hypothesis was accepted.