PMID- 27652087
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160921
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 2193-1801 (Print)
IS  - 2193-1801 (Electronic)
IS  - 2193-1801 (Linking)
VI  - 5
IP  - 1
DP  - 2016
TI  - Discriminant analysis of farmers adoption of improved maize varieties in Wa 
      Municipality, Upper West Region of Ghana.
PG  - 1514
LID - 10.1186/s40064-016-3196-z [doi]
LID - 1514
AB  - This study employed the quadratic classification function analysis to examine the 
      influence of farmer's socio-demographic and varietal characteristics of maize on 
      adoption of improved maize varieties (IMVs) in the Wa Municipality of the Upper 
      West region of Ghana. The results showed that, farm labour, information 
      availability about the variety, weed resistance, low yielding variety, early 
      maturity and water stress resistance are the major discriminating variables in 
      classifying farmers in the Municipality. The study however revealed that maize 
      experience, low yield, information availability and cost of variety were the most 
      influential discriminating variables between adopters and non-adopters of IMVs. 
      The study recommended the need to improve on the level of farmers' education, 
      ensure steady access to extension services and improvement in varietal 
      characteristics identified in the study.
FAU - Alhassan, Abukari
AU  - Alhassan A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7845-9768
AD  - Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, University for 
      Development Studies, P.O. Box 24, Navrongo, U/E Region Ghana.
FAU - Salifu, Hussein
AU  - Salifu H
AD  - Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, University for 
      Development Studies, P.O. Box 24, Navrongo, U/E Region Ghana.
FAU - Adebanji, Atinuke O
AU  - Adebanji AO
AD  - Department of Mathematics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 
      Kumasi, Ghana.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160908
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Springerplus
JT  - SpringerPlus
JID - 101597967
PMC - PMC5016495
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Adoption
OT  - Discriminant analysis
OT  - Quadratic classification
OT  - Varietal attributes
EDAT- 2016/09/22 06:00
MHDA- 2016/09/22 06:01
PMCR- 2016/09/08
CRDT- 2016/09/22 06:00
PHST- 2016/05/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/09/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/09/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/09/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/09/22 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2016/09/08 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 3196 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s40064-016-3196-z [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Springerplus. 2016 Sep 8;5(1):1514. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-3196-z. eCollection 
      2016.