Effects of gender, education and age on the adoption of agricultural technologies
in Ashanti, Northern and Eastern regions of Ghana.

Emmanuel Asiedu-Darko
Page No. 112-118

Gender, education and age issues cut across all areas in agricultural production and even though
agricultural technologies are gender, education and age neutral, they often become influenced by
these factors during project formulation and implementation in farming systems. This happens
despite the fact that technology development and transfer should aim at equal opportunities for all
people irrespective of gender, age and education. The study was undertaken with the aim of
determining gender, education and age impact on the adoption of agricultural technologies.
The study revealed that gender has no significant effect on the adoption of agricultural
technologies while age correlated negatively with adoption. Education however, correlated
positively with adoption of these technologies. The effects of these relationships and their
importance to productivity in agriculture were discussed.