ABSTRACT

The study was conducted to examine the adoption of improved cassava processing technologies by women in Ankpa Local Government Area, Kogi State, Nigeria. Purposive sampling was used to select three villages for the study which were Ikanekpo, Inye and Awo-Akpali. Random sampling was used to select 152 respondents which constitute 20% of the sample frame of 760. Analytical tools used were descriptive statistics, regression analysis and Z-test statistic. The results showed that the mean age of the respondents was 35 years. About 68% of the respondents were married. The mean household size was 9 persons. About 16% of the respondents had no formal education. Only 26% of the respondents had extension contact, 20% of the respondents had access to credit and 22% belonged to associations. The average adoption level of the improved cassava processing technologies was 53%. The regression analysis showed that age, household size, processing experience and membership of association were significant to the adoption of improved cassava processing technologies. The coefficient of determination (R2) was 0.47 which implies that 47% of the variations observed in the adoption of improved cassava processing technologies were explained by the selected factors included in the model. The Z-stat (20.04) for output was greater than the Z-critical (1.98) while the Z-stat (24.30) for income was greater than the Z-critical (1.98) and both were significant at p