This article is based on a socio-economic impact study of the introduction and adoption of tissue-culture (tc … developing country, such as Kenya. Adoption of tc technology in banana production in Kenya is considered a good example of …

Although technology adoption has been the subject of a great deal of economic research, that focused on the economics … of adoption of low-input "sustainable" systems has been much more limited and recent. This paper attempts to explain the …-maize rotation. The empirical results overall demonstrate that the phenomenon of maize-muchuna adoption and abandonment is a highly …

location was a key variable influencing the adoption of soil testing, human capital and innovativeness of farmers had a … significant impact on the adoption of VRT. A double selectivity model applied to correct for sample selection bias shows that … gains in nitrogen productivity due to the two adoption decisions are largest for farms with below average soil quality and …

-based model of variety adoption indicates that the choice of host variety has equity and efficiency implications related to …

, using the adoption of zero-till wheat in the rice-wheat system in Haryana state, India, as a case study. A new equation is … derived which describes the dynamics of adoption over time and takes into account the effect of aggregation (e.g. on a spatial … and/or cultural basis) in the adopting population on the rate of adoption. The model extends previous phenomenological …

This study examined adoption of ten best management practices (BMPs) to control weed resistance to herbicides. Using … adoption. Growers practicing a greater number of BMPs frequently (a) had more education, but less farming experience; (b) grew … of adoption of individual BMPs. Most growers frequently adopted the same seven BMPs. Extension efforts may be more …

The study analyzes ex-ante the adoption of insect resistant Bt eggplant in India. Farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) is … policies. Nonetheless, ample profit potential remains. Analysis of factors influencing farmers' adoption decisions demonstrates …

sizes and low crop productivity. Work is also planned to encourage the process of adoption of these technologies, and here … characteristics, ‘relative advantage’ and ‘trialability’, for successful adoption. Minimum or target rates of return on investment in … encourage successful adoption of the technology. A number of economic assessments of new crop methodologies in Cambodian upland …

influence the adoption and intensity of utilization of BNMS technologies in the NGS of Nigeria. Results showed that less than 10 …, by 2005 the adoption of BNMS-rotation had reached 40% while that of BNMS-manure had reached 48%. A number of factors such … significant in determining farmers’ adoption decisions on BNMS-manure while off-farm income was found to be significant in …

Adoption of precision agriculture technology has arrived considerable attention, but abandonment has received little …. This paper identified factors motivating adoption and abandonment of precision soils sampling in cotton. Younger producers …