日時：2025年3月13日10:00-11:00
場所：環境棟7階講義室
講演者：Joseph Agebase Awuni (Associate Professor and Dean, School of Economics,
University for Development Studies, Tamale)

講演タイトル：Agricultural Technologies Diffusion: Pioneering Efforts to Enhance
Effectiveness Among Farmers in Northern Ghana

要旨
Adoption of improved production technologies has become increasingly important in Sub-
Saharan Africa where the per capita cultivable land continues to shrink. Meanwhile, several
interventions have been implemented to address the situation of low adoption and application of
improved production techniques by farmers. In Ghana, improved agricultural technologies have
been introduced to rice farmers through interventions such as the Feed the Future (FtF) USAID-
Ghana Agriculture Technology Transfer (ATT) project, ADVANCE I and II projects, the Rice
Sector Support Project (RSSP) and the Quality Rice Project among others. These projects have
come in the form of improved seed and innovative agronomic practices. Despite all the efforts,
average rice yield continues to stay low. There exist some technology transfer and adoption
challenges which have to be addressed to make a headway in the agriculture production sector.
Poor agricultural technology transfer methods, among others, have been cited for the poor
adoption and utilisation of innovative agricultural technologies among farmers in the country.
Therefore, the present papers seek to highlight the following:
 What is the perception of rice farmers about the effectiveness of the various agricultural
technology transfer approaches used in northern Ghana?
 What factors influence the adoption of improved agricultural technologies by rice farmers
in northern Ghana?
 How can the JIRCAS-Terra Africa project contribute to enhancing technology diffusion
in SSA?
Keywords: Adoption; Agricultural technologies; Rice farmers; Ghana