International Journal of Horticulture, 2024, Vol.14, No.6, 394-404 http://hortherbpublisher.com/index.php/ijh 400 3.6 Adoption of improved ginger production technology Table 7 revealed that the majority of the respondents (60%) had a low level of adoption followed by a high level of adoption (40%) of improved ginger production technology. Table 7 Distribution of respondents according to the level of adoption of improved ginger production technology (N=80) Adoption level Frequency Low (< 0.51) 48 (60) High (>0.51) 32 (40) Mean 0.51 Standard deviation 0.159 Note: The figure in parenthesis indicates the percentage (Source: Field Survey, 2021) 3.7 Factors affecting the adoption level of improved ginger production technology The chi-square test was applied at 0.05 and 0.01 probability tests to measure the association between socioeconomic and extension-related factors with the adoption level of improved ginger production technology. Socio-economic factors include age, gender, education level, family size, and so on and extension-related factors include training and contact with extension agents. 3.7.1Age Results revealed that age groups between 40-60 years were found to be high adopters of improved ginger production technology. Table 8 signified that the association between the age of respondents and the adoption level of improved ginger production technology used by them was statistically non-significant. This result indicated that the age of the respondents was not associated with the adoption of improved ginger production technology. Kharjana et al. (2017) reported similar findings, indicating that the age of respondents did not significantly influence the adoption of improved production technologies for ginger. Table 8 Distribution of respondents by their age and adoption level of improved ginger production technology (N=80) Adoption level Age of respondents Total Chi-square value P value Below40 40-60 Above 60 Low adopter 7 (7.8) 31 (32.4) 10 (7.8) 48 (48.0) 1.908 0.385 at df 2 High adopter 6 (5.2) 23 (21.6) 3 (5.2) 32 (32.0) Total 13 (13.0) 54 (54.0) 13 (13.0) 80 (80.0) Note: The figure in parenthesis indicates the expected frequency. Non-significant 3.7.2 Gender Table 9 showed that the association between the gender of respondents and improved ginger production technology used by them was statistically non-significant. This implies that the adoption of improved production technology for ginger was not affected by whether a male or female was involved in it. Table 9 Distribution of respondents based on gender and adoption level of improved ginger production technology Adoption level Gender of respondents Total Chi-square value Pvalue Male Female Low adopter 28 (27.0) 20 (21.0) 48 (48.0) 0.847 0.358 at df 1 High adopter 17 (18.0) 15 (14.0) 32 (32.0) Total 45 (45.0) 35 (35.0) 80 (80.0) Note: The figure in parenthesis indicates expected frequency; P value 0.358 df =1 non-Significant 3.7.3 Education level It was found that among all the respondents, literate farmers were likely to be high adopters of improved production technology of ginger. Table 10 showed that the association between the education level of respondents
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