Determinants And Effect of Adoption of the System of Rice Intensification and Improved Rice Seeds Technologies in Tanzania: A Case of Nyamwilolelwa Ward in Geita District, Tanzania Researcher: Hamenya KASASE Master of Official Statistics Eastern Africa Statistical Training Centre -TANZANIA
This is a presentation of the research results from my Master’s Thesis which focussed on assessing the determinants of adoption of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) and Improved Rice Seeds (IRS) technologies and its associated effect on rice yield. The study was guided by the Technology Adoption and Diffusion Theories. The study was undertaken as a cross-sectional survey research and used a mix of stratified and simple random sampling techniques in allocating and selecting 393 rice farmers from the study area. The analysis followed quantitative approach by using the Craig’s Double Huddle Model (DHM) in modelling the determinants of technology adoption and the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) for estimating the effect of technology adoption on rice yields. The study was undertaken under the financial support of scaleWAYS project provided by IIASA