<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>A probit Analysis of Determinants of Adoption of Improved Sorghum Technologies Among Farmers in Tanzania</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">T G</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Kimbi</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">E</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Akpo</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">E</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Kongola</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">C O</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Ojiewo</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">R</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Vernooy</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">G</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Muricho</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">J</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Ringo</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">G A</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Lukurugu</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">R K</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Varshney</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">R</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">Tabo</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>The adoption of improved sorghum technologies by smallholder farmers is still low in Tanzania. Many farmers&#13;
fail to acquire quality inputs due to different underlying reasons. This article analyzes factors underlining the&#13;
adoption of improved technologies among sorghum farmers in Tanzania and evaluates profitability of grain&#13;
production. A total of 212 individual farmers were interviewed through structured questionnaires from nine&#13;
districts. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, probit regression model and gross margin analysis.&#13;
Results show that 39.2%, 26.5%, 16.9%, 8.4% and 7.2% of sorghum farmers adopted seeds of improved&#13;
varieties, insecticides, inorganic fertilizers, threshing machine and optimum seed rate, respectively. Probit&#13;
estimates indicated that age, sex, number of years in school, group membership, farm size, availability of free&#13;
seeds, seed accessibility, grain market accessibility and grain market price were the significant factors&#13;
influencing adoption of these technologies. Adopters obtained higher profitability (822,288 Tshs/ha) than&#13;
non-adopters (374,363 Tshs/ha) of improved varieties. Further policy actions are needed to improve determinants&#13;
of adoption, breeding technologies and accessibility of agricultural inputs to ensure benefits to farmers and the&#13;
sorghum sub-sector.</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Smallholder Farmers</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Tanzania</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Sorghum</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2020-12</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>Canadian Center of Science and Education (CCSE)</mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Article</mods:genre></mods:mods>