The agricultural sector in developing countries like Nigeria is characterized by low productivity, driven partly by low use of modern agricultural technologies. Poor access to credit is seen as a key barrier to adoption of these technologies. Policy discourses and literature often associate...

To help address the mismatch between the successful development of improved postharvest technologies and the low adoption rate among the target users in developing countries, this study examines the major barriers to the adoption of these technologies by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa...