Introduction of the Cassava Processing Technology Adoption Scale (CPTA) as a Measurement Tool for Adoption of Improved Cassava Processing Technology

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dc.contributor.authorJoshua, Joel Matiku
dc.contributor.authorMassawe, Fatihiya Ally
dc.contributor.authorMwakalapuka, Amani Angumbwike
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-20T13:23:35Z
dc.date.available2021-08-20T13:23:35Z
dc.date.issued2020-06
dc.description.abstractWith existence of everyday innovated agricultural technologies, researchers’ curiosity on the adoption of farming technologies in general and on improved cassava processing technology in particular by farmers is increasingly. However, lack of effective instrument of measuring farmers’ adoption of the improved cassava processing technology in particular has been restricting researchers from successfully predicting and describing the potential of farmers’ adoption of technology. With such a restriction in mind, this paper intends to introduce Cassava Processing Technology Adoption scale (CPTA), as a valid and reliable instrument for measuring the adoption of improved cassava-processing technology. The tool was pilot - tested using across – section survey design conducted in Serengeti District in Mara region of Tanzania. The survey aimed at testing validity and reliability of the instrument among 200 participants purposively selected among cassava farmers, of these, 101 were males and 99 were females. The instrument measured three components of the adoption of improved cassava processing technology namely, involvement in the pre - processing tasks, involvement in the processing tasks, and utilization of the processed cassava products. The results indicate that the scale managed to categorize three implementation stages (sub - scale s) of adoption and reached reliability of α = .86. α = .71, and α = .79 for involvement in the pre - processing tasks, involvement in the processing tasks, and utilization of the processed cassava products respectively. The reliability for the total adoption scale was α = .93. There were low to moderate correlations among the three sub- scales indicating that they measured the same trait while at the same time they singly measured one implementation stage of the adoption of improved cassava processing technology.en_US
dc.identifier.issneISSN2591-6823
dc.identifier.issn2591-6815
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tia.ac.tz/handle/123456789/20
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherTIAen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVol. 2;No. 1
dc.subjectSocio - economic factorsen_US
dc.subjectSmallholder farmeren_US
dc.subjectValue chainen_US
dc.titleIntroduction of the Cassava Processing Technology Adoption Scale (CPTA) as a Measurement Tool for Adoption of Improved Cassava Processing Technologyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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