Impact Assessment of Adoption of Improved Varieties of Groundnut and Sesame in North Kordofan State: Sudan

Salih Elagab Elsheikh¹, Hanadi El Fadil Abdarazig*², Hamid H Faki

Received: November 21, 2018;   Published:December 03, 2018

DOI: 10.32474/CIACR.2018.05.000218

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Summary

This study was carried out with the objective to assessment the impacts of adoption of improved varieties of groundnut and sesame on the farm income of households in three localities of Sheikan, Umrawaba and Elrahad in the North Kordofan State. Data for this study was primarily from farm household surveys conducted in seven seasons (2006/2007 to 2014/2015) in three localities of Shemika, ElRahad and UmRawaba in North Kordofan State. A random sample of 794 households was randomly drawn from different villages in the study area. Multi-stage random approach was adopted. Treatment effect regression was used to assess the impact of adoption of improved varieties in the study area. Analysis was completed using STATA12 and SPSS22 software packages to draw results and test hypotheses. Results show that Adoption degrees of the improved varieties varied considerably from year to year depending on availability and distribution of improved varieties. The productivity of all improved varieties of food and cash crops were higher than the local varieties. Results show that the annual total household expenses of adopters of improved varieties were greater than the non-adopters by 19%. Factors which significantly and positively affected farmers’ decision to adoption improved varieties of groundnut were education of respondents (0.414**) and male family members (0. 073). Income from farm increased by 29876 SDG per year as a result of adoption improved varieties of ground nut. Area of improved varieties would increase by 9.57 Hectare per year as a result of adoption of improved varieties of groundnut. Factors which significantly and positively affected farmers’ decision to adoption improved varieties of sesame were male family members (0.058*) and age of respondents (0.024**). Income from farm increased by 7533.7 SDG per year as a result of adoption improved varieties of sesame.

Abstract| Introduction| Review of Problem Statement| Objectives of the Study| Research Hypotheses| Data Sample Procedures| Results and Discussion| Income Sources and Expenditures of Adopters and Non-Adopters| Varietal Characteristics| References|