The adoption of agricultural technologies is a necessary condition for the achievement of agricultural productivity increase and poverty eradication among the farming households in Nigeria. The role of households’ Wealth status in agricultural technologies adoption in Nigeria has not been well...

Due to the high cost and risk associated with adoption, the wealth of a household may be an important factor in the decision to adopt Improved Rice Varieties (IRVs) in Nigeria. This study assessed the role of household wealth in IRVS adoption. The study employed the Principal Component Analysis...

This study assessed the determinants of intensity of adoption of Improved Rice Varieties (IRVs) and the effect of market participation on farmers' welfare in Nigeria using the Tobit and Heckman two-stage models, respectively. The sample consists of crosssectional data of 600 rice farmers...