Environmental and economic consciousness of farmers in selection of agrotechnology

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With the recent face of climate change and the increase in the world’s population feeding the entire world has become a challenge. The natural resources used in food production are depleting due to the selected agrotechnology by farmers. Therefore, there is a need to select appropriate technologies, and the environmental consciousness of farmers is of importance. A pilot study was conducted before the collection of data and a sample size of 106 farmers was randomly selected and interviewed by use of TALA questionnaire. The data were analyzed through the simple statistical method to calculate percentages and chi-squared was used to determine the relationship between the interest or difference among groups of farmers responding to yes or no in the question involving specific agrotechnology. The result of description analysis and analysis of secondary data led to the conclusion that the majority of farmers are more economic than environmentally conscious. The study indicated that availability of cheaper alternatives, costs involved, profits, and lack of interest are some of the factors that influence farmers and choice of agrotechnological element.

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environmental consciousness, economic consciousness, agrotechnology
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