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central Benin to estimate the actual and potential adoption rates of this technology and the determinants of its diffusion and …The widespread use of traditional rice-parboiling methods in Benin leads to poor quality of final rice. To address this … problem, the national agricultural research institute of Benin and Africa Rice Center have developed improved rice parboiling …
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This paper presents a descriptive analysis on the ownership of different types of technology - both agricultural machinery and information technology - within households in rural areas of Vietnam. We find that there has been little development in the ownership of agricultural machinery, but a...
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We study how aversion to risk and ambiguity affects the adoption of new technologies by Ghanaian smallholder aquafarmers. We conduct a set of field experiments designed to elicit farmers' risk and ambiguity preferences and combine it with surveybased information on their technology adoption...
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several levels. The diffusion of planting genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has grown since 1996, notably in the United … biotechnology in Brazil. This study presents two epidemic models of technology diffusion: exponential (central source) and logistic … (contagion). The results obtained suggest that the diffusion process is best described by a logistic function. Although the study …
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several levels. The diffusion of planting genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has grown since 1996, notably in the United … biotechnology in Brazil. This study presents two epidemic models of technology diffusion: exponential (central source) and logistic … (contagion). The results obtained suggest that the diffusion process is best described by a logistic function. Although the study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010405068
This paper presents the impact evaluation of CRIAR program, implemented in rural areas in Bolivia. The objective of CRIAR is to increase smallholders' agricultural income and food security through productivity improvements triggered by technological adoption. In this study, we use data from a...
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This paper presents a descriptive analysis on the ownership of different types of technology - both agricultural machinery and information technology - within households in rural areas of Vietnam. We find that there has been little development in the ownership of agricultural machinery, but a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418599
Modern technologies are often not widely adopted among smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Several adoption constraints have been discussed in the literature, including limited access to information. Using survey data from farmers in Tanzania and the average treatment effect framework, we...
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spatial patterns in the diffusion and adoption of agricultural technologies in general and organic agriculture in particular …
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Integrated Soil Fertility Management (ISFM) is widely promoted to enhance soil fertility, yields and livelihoods among smallholders, and ultimately combat environmental degradation. Its core is the combined use of organic and inorganic fertilizers with improved crop varieties. Yet, farmers face...
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