Diffusion of an agricultural innovation - hybrid maize in Njombe district

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dc.contributor.authorMgeni, Bernard Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-12T18:20:57Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-07T13:36:03Z
dc.date.available2016-04-12T18:20:57Z
dc.date.available2020-01-07T13:36:03Z
dc.date.issued1978
dc.descriptionAvailable in print form, East Africana Collection, Dr. Wilbert Chagula Library, Class mark (THS WRE TD365.J67)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe problem of this study was the identification of the reasons of acceptance and rejection of the hybrid maize innovation in Njombe and also to test the universality of the diffusion’s model as applied to the area of study. The methodology applied included questionnaire interviews, informal discussions with the officials and peasants, the results being analysed both qualitatively and quantitatively with the Chi-square test and TAU (Kendall's correlation coefficient). A number of socio - economic is and political variables have been considered as to how they influence the innovativeness of farmers. The outcomes show that the diffusion’s model should not be adapted as a piece meal to different social environments and that economic reasons are the principal deterrents to early adoption i.e. innovativeness.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMgeni, B. C. (1978) Diffusion of an agricultural innovation - hybrid maize in Njombe district, Masters dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam. Available at http://41.86.178.3/internetserver3.1.2/detail.aspxen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/62
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Dar es Salaamen_US
dc.subjectMaizeen_US
dc.subjectAgricultureen_US
dc.subjectNjombe (District)en_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleDiffusion of an agricultural innovation - hybrid maize in Njombe districten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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