Socio-economic Assessing of Researchers Perceptions and Farmers Willingness to Adopt Silage Technology in Palestine-West Bank

Authors

Y. Istaitih, Department of Horticulture and Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie, Tulkarm P305, PalestineFollow
S. Alsadi, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie, Tulkarm P305, PalestineFollow
A. Elrashidi, College of Engineering, University of Business and Technology, Jeddah 21361, Saudi ArabiaFollow
Mohammad Kanan, College of Engineering, University of Business and Technology, Jeddah 21361, Saudi ArabiaFollow
Abdalmuttaleb Al-Sartawi, Accounting Finance & Banking Department, College of Business & Finance, Ahlia University, Manama, BahrainAccounting Finance & Banking Department, College of Business & Finance, Ahlia University, Manama, BahrainFollow
Jihad AsadFollow

Abstract

In this paper the animal breeder in Palestine has many challenges including high feed prices, high-cost input, low-quality pasture, limited access to rangeland with high quality, and high cost of feed. In Tubas and Tulkarm areas, extensive irrigated agriculture is dominant. Large quantities of agricultural by-products are wasted. As one of the important interventions to decrease feeding costs, the study focused on silage technology adoption from the view of researchers and farmers. It meant using these agricultural by-products to make them beneficial and eatable for the animal. On the one hand, we removed these by-products from the environment and second, we fed to animals and ultimately, we reduced the input cost of animal feed. The main objective is to improve dissemination strategies and approaches that promote the adoption of silage technologies by identifying both researcher and farmer perceptions and constraints. A field `survey was conducted targeting 70 farmers (35 have knowledge and practice silage technology and 35 do not) from Tubas and Tulkarm areas. The binary logistic model was used for analysis in SPSS and Excel was used for data analysis. The main finding was that age and education play a very important role in the level of adoption, both have negative effects, and access to credit and land tenure may increase the chance of adoption. farming experience has a less negative impact on the level of adoption, while family size has also a negative impact, family size also affects the level of adoption. People in the targeted area try to diversify their income and educated people to leave their parents, either settle outside or come home at the weekend. The study recommended that being a member of a community-based organization increases your chance of access to new technology and increases your chance of adoption. Public awareness and approaches to CBO are crucial for the adoption of this technology. The size of the herd is important for adoption and cost analysis.

Recommended Citation

Istaitih, Y.; Alsadi, S.; Elrashidi, A.; Kanan, Mohammad; Al-Sartawi, Abdalmuttaleb; and Asad, Jihad (2023) "Socio-economic Assessing of Researchers Perceptions and Farmers Willingness to Adopt Silage Technology in Palestine-West Bank," Information Sciences Letters: Vol. 12 : Iss. 9 , PP -.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/isl/vol12/iss9/29