Full Length Research Socio-Economic Factors influencing the use of Productivity Enhancing Technologies among Farmers in Kaduna State 1 Ojeleye, O. A., 1 Abdulsalam, Z. and 2 Oyewole, S. O.* 1 Department of Agriculturalconomics and Rural Sociology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 2 Savanna Forestry Research Station, Samaru-Zaria. Corresponding author’s email: shola4delord@yahoo.com Accepted 6 August 2014 This study examined socio-economic factors influencing the use of productivity enhancing technologies among farmers in Kaduna State. Data were obtained from 60 farmers with the aid of structured questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that 76.5% of the respondents have household size ranging between 6-15 persons. The mean age of respondents was 41.983. It was revealed that 82.4% of the respondents have farming experience of more than 10 years. About 32.9%, 11.7% and 4.1% had primary, secondary and post secondary education respectively. The use of pesticides and herbicides among farmers is accounted for by 80% of the respondents. It is noted that 76.7% and 81.7% of the farmers are aware and have adopted the use of improved seeds and animal traction respectively. The results further revealed that membership of association and extension contact were positively and significantly influential to the use of productivity enhancing practices. It was recommended that farmers are encouraged to come together and form farmers associations which will promote their vocation providing a favourable climate for contact and the gaining of experience from the competent and experienced members. Keywords: Productivity, Technologies, Farmers, Kaduna State INTRODUCTION Agriculture remains the backbone of the Nigeria economy since independence, employing more than 70 percent of the country’s population. Small farmers dominate the sector and provide the bulk of the nation’s domestic food supply (FAO, 2003). Nigerian agriculture is characterized by small holders farming. About 90% of total agricultural output is generated by household, which on average cultivate about 2 hectares of land (Government of the FRN, 2006), with the hand hoe traditional agriculture, low usage of agricultural inputs like the fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, improved seeds, credit facilities, are prevalent. The resultant effect of this has made Academic Research Journal of Agricultural Science and Research Vol. 2(4), pp. 57-62, August 2014 ISSN: 2360-7874©2014 Academic Research Journals http://www.academicresearchjournals.org/ARJASR/Index.htm