Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8875387 | Information Processing in Agriculture | 2017 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
To understand the technology generating practices among universities and research institutes in north central zone of Nigeria, this study examined sources of funds for technology generating activities, compared agro-technology generating practices and identified constraining factors hindering technology generating practices. One hundred and fifty-two academic staff were randomly selected from universities and one hundred and thirty-six respondents were drawn from research institutes. Validated questionnaires with reliability coefficient of r = 0.92 were used to elicit data. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Likert-scale, T-test and Factor analysis. Majority (93.4%) of universities' respondents used their personal funds to generate new technology compared to their counterparts in research institutes. The most widely employed mechanism for generating agricultural technologies was joint radio programmes (mean = 3.38) while the least was biotechnology (mean = 2.57). Major areas of differences in technology generation between the two institutions were the physical distance (t = 13.54; P < 0.05), farmers participation in field research trials (t = 8.50; P < 0.05), farmers co-finance of adaptive research trials (t = 3.77; P < 0.05) and adequate research facilities and incentives to workers (t = 2.05; P < 0.05). Factors constraining technology generation for universities were poor access to knowledge and information on new innovation (r = 0.815) while for research institutes it was limited physical resources (ICT, Telephone) (r = 0.801). It was recommended therefore that respondents should look into options of writing alternate fund proposals and submitting to a wider range of funding bodies. Governance of innovation could be strengthened through the formation of a formal technological linkage advisory council.
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Authors
Gbolagade Benjamin Adesiji, Mohammed Ibrahim, Sola Emmanuel Komolafe,