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The gap between technology awareness and adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review for the DeSIRA project
This paper reviews different studies on technology adoption in sub-Saharan Africa to understand the determinants of low adoption of improved technologies, with a special focus on Malawi.
The formation of agricultural cooperatives has been widely promoted as an agricultural development policy initiative to help smallholder farmers cope with multiple production and marketing challenges.
The agricultural sector in Nigeria is characterized by low productivity that is driven in part by low use of modern agricultural technologies.
The agricultural sector in Nigeria is characterized by low productivity that is driven by low use of modern agricultural technologies, such as improved seed, chemical fertilizer, agrochemicals, and agricultural machinery.
Using information on varietal adoption of important cereal crops from a large-scale survey in India, this paper investigates “how social networks influence technology adoption behaviour of farm households.” Our key innovation is that unlike many o
Insect-resistant cowpea in Nigeria: An ex ante economic assessment of a crop improvement initiative
Since oil prices’ decline in 2014, agriculture has received renewed interest in Nigeria as a key sector for achieving sustainable growth and generating foreign exchange.
Social networking amid social differentiation in the adoption of improved technologies: A case study in Rajasthan, India
This paper evaluates the role of social networks in the adoption of mustard hybrids.
The frontiers of technologies have been constantly expanded in many industries around the world, including the agricultural sector.
Identifying innovators and early adopters of agricultural technology: A case of wheat varieties in Rajasthan, India
The study explores the diffusion process of innovators, early adopters, and late adopters of agricultural technologies.
‘Sticky Rice’: Variety inertia and groundwater crisis in a technologically progressive state of India
This paper studies the high adoption of Pusa 44, a long-duration and old rice variety cultivated in Punjab, despite the availability of new short-duration varieties and the overall technological advancement of agriculture.
A latent class analysis of improved agro-technology use behavior in Uganda: Implications for optimal targeting
This study uses a large dataset that covers a wide geographical and agricultural scope to describe the use patterns of improved agro-technology in Uganda.