Authors :
Pamphil, C. K.
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 10 - October
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10683421
Abstract :
The study aimed at examined farmers’
perception towards agricultural technologies and their
influence on knowledge-seeking behaviour. The study
was conducted Singida District, Tanzania. Specifically,
aimed at determine perceived knowledge adoption on
agricultural technologies to improve smallholder
farmers livelihood, asses their knowledge seeking
behaviour in communities, examine the approaches
deployed by farmer research networks in knowledge
sharing with the farmers. The study adopted a cross-
sectional research design whereby data were collected
using a survey questionnaire from 205 respondents
including 16 key informants and 18 focus group
discussion were involved. Descriptive and inferential
analysis were used to study the quantitative data, and
content analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data.
Farmers' perception was revealed to be a significant
predictor of the respondent's likelihood of engaging in
knowledge-seeking behavior (p=0.043). This implies that
farmers who have a positive perception of the
agricultural project are more likely to make use of all
the knowledge sources that the project has made
available for knowledge sharing, which will aid them in
enhancing productivity and agricultural production
through the application of the knowledge provided by
the project. According to the study, in order to maintain
the sustainability of agricultural project technologies,
agricultural projects should incorporate agricultural
technologies that farmers need in order to increase the
knowledge of smallholder farmers.
Keywords :
Perception, agricultural technologies, knowledge-seeking behaviour, Farmers Research Network.
The study aimed at examined farmers’
perception towards agricultural technologies and their
influence on knowledge-seeking behaviour. The study
was conducted Singida District, Tanzania. Specifically,
aimed at determine perceived knowledge adoption on
agricultural technologies to improve smallholder
farmers livelihood, asses their knowledge seeking
behaviour in communities, examine the approaches
deployed by farmer research networks in knowledge
sharing with the farmers. The study adopted a cross-
sectional research design whereby data were collected
using a survey questionnaire from 205 respondents
including 16 key informants and 18 focus group
discussion were involved. Descriptive and inferential
analysis were used to study the quantitative data, and
content analysis was used to analyze the qualitative data.
Farmers' perception was revealed to be a significant
predictor of the respondent's likelihood of engaging in
knowledge-seeking behavior (p=0.043). This implies that
farmers who have a positive perception of the
agricultural project are more likely to make use of all
the knowledge sources that the project has made
available for knowledge sharing, which will aid them in
enhancing productivity and agricultural production
through the application of the knowledge provided by
the project. According to the study, in order to maintain
the sustainability of agricultural project technologies,
agricultural projects should incorporate agricultural
technologies that farmers need in order to increase the
knowledge of smallholder farmers.
Keywords :
Perception, agricultural technologies, knowledge-seeking behaviour, Farmers Research Network.