Personal efficacy in farming as a mediating factor between socio-economic characteristics and adoption of modern rice growing technologies
1996
Ynalvez, M.A.H.
A scale to measure farmer personal efficacy and a scale to measure adoption of modern rice-growing technologies were developed. A stratified simple random sampling scheme was employed. Data were gathered through interviews with farmers using a pretested interview schedule. A random sample of 140 irrigated rice farmers from six purposely selected rice-farming barangays [villages] in Calauan, Victoria, and Pila [Laguna, Philippines] was obtained. Results of the study revealed that farming experience was not correlated with adoption. Educational attainment was correlated with personal efficacy that would affect adoption patterns. Furthermore, personal efficacy on issues of modern varieties but it was not instrumental in developing a level of personal efficacy on modern varieties and land preparation revealed no mediating role between socio-economic, characteristics and adoption. This study has shown that personal efficacy of irrigated rice farmers on issues of modern rice varieties, land preparation, irrigation and petrochemicals and adoption patterns (seeding rate, transplanting age during the dry and wet seasons, hill spacing, rate of fertilizer applied during the dry and wet seasons) can be measured through the scales developed here. The use of these scales revealed that ownership of memberships in organizations are positively related to adoption of recommended practices regarding seeding rate and transplanting age during the wet season and to overall adoption. The positive relationship between these socio-economic characteristics and these adoption items are mediated by personal efficacy on issues of irrigation and petrochemicals
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