The push-pull technology (PPT) has widely been disseminated to control stemborer (Chilo
partellus and Busseola fusca) and Striga weeds (Striga hermonthica and Striga asiatica) in maize
fields in Kenya. This study examined farmers’ preferences for various dissemination pathways in
order to proffer better targeting of resources in an optimal dissemination strategy. The pathways
considered were public meetings (barazas), radio, farmer field schools (FFS), field days (FD),
farmer teachers (FT), the fellow farmers (FF) and print materials. Using a weighted score index
and ordered probit regression, the different pathways were sequentially ranked as FD, FT, FFS,
FF, print materials, Radio, and barazas. Marginal effects from ordered probit showed that
farmers had the least preferences for baraza and radio pathways. The farmer categories with the
highest preference for particular pathways were: less educated farmers for FD, farmers with small
land sizes for FT, farmers belonging to groups for FFS, and young educated farmers for the print
materials. This information is extremely important for targeting the different segments of
farmers