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Title
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: AN EVALUATION OF THE DIFFUSION OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION FOR RICE FARMERS IN THE WESTERN DAGOMBA DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA |
Full text
http://dspace.knust.edu.gh/dspace/handle/123456789/568 |
Date
2009 |
Author(s)
KYEI-BAFFUOR, NANA YAW |
Abstract
xii, 112p. - "Northern Region is an important area for rice cultivation in Ghana, and past regimes have referred to it as the granary of the country. The region has the potential to produce all the rice needs of the country. (350,000 tons). But it now produces less than a quarter of the country's needs. Out of this, the study area produces about two thirds of the 78,000 tons produced by the region. Efforts made by the government and non-state organisations in introducing technology innovations in the study area to help increase rice production have not been accepted as it was envisaged. Food shortages with rapidly rising commodity prices has become the hallmark of the study area and Ghana as a whole. The question to ask then is, why does technology innovation not spread as fast as expected and also why is the adoption rate low? Does the problem lie with the farmers or extension officers? Is the technology introduced far beyond farmers capabilities? Is it that the technology is very expensive or the culture of" - KNUST LIBRARY |
Subject(s)
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; WESTERN DAGOMBA; RICE FARMERS; INNOVATIONS, TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION |
Language
en |
Type of publication
Thesis |
Identifier
1035 |
Repository
Kumasi - Kwame Nkrumah University
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