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Adoption of Agricultural Innovations in Azerbaijan : No Prospects for Modernization
Sadigov, Turkhan - 2017
Adoption of best agri-practices and innovations are vital for commercialization and modernization of agriculture …. Favourable geographic position and climatic resources of Azerbaijan make agriculture one of the most promising launchpads for the … government and the majority of farmers take conservative position toward innovations, agriculture, despite its potential, has low …
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Chapter 4 The agricultural innovation process: Research and technology adoption in a changing agricultural sector
Sunding, David; Zilberman, David - In: Handbook of agricultural economics : volume 1, part A , …, (pp. 207-261). 2001
the economics of technology adoption in agriculture. Threshold models, diffusion models, and the influence of risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014024137
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Making agricultural value chains more inclusive through technology and innovation
Das Nair, Reena; Landani, Namhla - 2020
Some entry barriers in agricultural and agro-processing value chains, particularly for smallholder farmers and small/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption. Technologies and innovation in these sectors have been both radical and incremental, ranging...
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Technology adoption typology and rice yield differentials in Ghana : principal component analysis approach
Mabe, Franklin Nantui; Donkoh, Samuel Arkoh; Al-Hassan, … - In: African journal of science, technology, innovation and … 11 (2019) 5, pp. 555-567
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012173199
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Learning about a new technology : pineapple in Ghana
Conley, Timothy G.; Udry, Christopher - 2004
This paper investigates the role of social learning in the diffusion of a new agricultural technology in Ghana. We use unique data on farmers communication patterns to define each individual s information neighborhood, the set of others from whom he might learn. Our empirical strategy is to test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607834
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Modelling the economy-wide impact of technological innovation and mapping agricultural potential : the case of Burkina Faso
Fall, Cheickh Sadibou; Fofana, Ismaël; Traoré, Fousseini - 2019
agriculture-focused through the following features: separate agriculture and non-agriculture labor markets, separate urban and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131604
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Scale versus Scope in the Diffusion of New Technology : Evidence from the Farm Tractor
Gross, Daniel P. - 2017
Using the farm tractor as a case study, I show that lags in technology diffusion arise along two distinct margins, which I term scale and scope. Though tractors are now used in nearly every agricultural field operation and in the production of nearly all crops, they first developed with much...
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Agricultural Service Delivery Through Mobile Phones : Local Innovation and Technological Opportunities in Kenya
Baumüller, Heike - 2017
The rapid spread of mobile phones across the developing world offers opportunities to improve service delivery for small-scale farmers. International and local companies have already started to capitalize on these opportunities although many mobile phone-enabled services are still at an early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012969558
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Big Data and Climate Smart Agriculture - Review of Current Status and Implications for Agricultural Research and Innovation in India
Rao, NH - 2018
developments in big data analytics and climate change science with agriculture can greatly accelerate agricultural research and … innovation for climate smart agriculture (CSA). CSA refers to an integrated set of technologies and practices that simultaneously … emissions from farming. It is a multistage, multiobjective, data-driven, and knowledge based approach to agriculture, with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012933850
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Governance's effects on innovation processes : the experience of EIP AGRI's Operational Groups (OGs) in Italy
Giarè, Francesca; Vagnozzi, Anna - In: Italian review of agricultural economics 76 (2021) 3, pp. 41-52
In this programming period, the most important initiative of the European agriculture innovation policy is the European …
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