ABSTRACT

The adoption of maize hybrids is essential to contribute to maize productivity and ensure self-sufficiency and food security. However, the adoption of improved varieties hybrids technology including in Ghana is very low. Farmers’ socio-economic characteristics in relation to the adoption of maize hybrids, farmers constraints and readiness to adopt maize hybrids were assessed using a cross-sectional survey of 173 farmers in four regions in the forest-savannah agro-ecological zones in Ghana. The percentage of farmers that used hybrid seed in 2019 and 2020 were 32.4% and 22.5%, respectively. Of the four hybrids varieties grown, none was locally produced and over 83% of the farmers indicated readiness to adopt maize hybrid seed. The empirical model reveals that farmers readiness to adopt maize hybrids is positively influenced by gender, age, high yield and constraints variables such as high cost of production and pests and diseases.

摘要

采用玉米杂交种对于提高玉米生产力和确保自给自足和粮食安全至关重要。然而，包括加纳在内的良种杂交技术的采用率非常低。通过对加纳森林-萨凡纳农业生态区四个地区的 173 名农民进行的横断面调查，评估了农民在采用玉米杂交种、农民限制和准备采用玉米杂交种方面的社会经济特征。2019年和2020年使用杂交种子的农民比例分别为32.4%和22.5%。在种植的四个杂交品种中，没有一个是本地生产的，超过 83% 的农民表示准备采用玉米杂交种子。实证模型表明，农民愿意采用玉米杂交种受到性别、年龄、