Farmers' participation in extension programs and technology adoption in rural Nepal: a logistic regression analysis

M Suvedi, R Ghimire, M Kaplowitz - The Journal of Agricultural …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: This paper examines the factors affecting farmers' participation in extension
programs and adoption of improved seed varieties in the hills of rural Nepal. Methodology …

Analyzing technology adoption using microstudies: limitations, challenges, and opportunities for improvement

CR Doss - Agricultural economics, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Policy makers and interest groups have many questions about the use of improved
technologies in develo** country agriculture. These include the roles of policies …

[КНИГА][B] The perception of and adaptation to climate change in Africa

D Maddison - 2007 - books.google.com
The objective of this paper is to determine the ability of farmers in Africa to detect climate
change, and to ascertain how they have adapted to whatever climate change they believe …

Adoption and impact of agricultural technologies on farm income: Evidence from Southern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

BK Hailu, BK Abrha… - International Journal of …, 2014 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
The importance of agricultural technology in enhancing production and productivity can be
realized when yield increasing technologies are widely been used and diffused. Standing …

Adoption of improved potato varieties in Ethiopia: The role of agricultural knowledge and innovation system and smallholder farmers' quality assessment

GK Abebe, J Bijman, S Pascucci, O Omta - Agricultural Systems, 2013 - Elsevier
Although potato is considered to be one of the strategic crops for ensuring food security in
Ethiopia, the adoption of high yielding and disease tolerant improved potato varieties is low …

The productivity and income effects of adoption of improved soybean varieties and agronomic practices in Malawi

AH Tufa, AD Alene, J Manda, MG Akinwale… - World …, 2019 - Elsevier
Soybean constitutes an important component of the maize-based smallholder crop**
systems in Malawi and holds considerable potential for countering soil fertility decline …

Farmer willingness to grow switchgrass for energy production

K Jensen, CD Clark, P Ellis, B English, J Menard… - Biomass and …, 2007 - Elsevier
A survey of Tennessee farmers was conducted to analyze their willingness to supply
switchgrass to an emerging energy market. The majority of respondents had not heard of …

Adoption of agrochemical management practices among smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana

G Danso-Abbeam, LJS Baiyegunhi - African Journal of Science …, 2017 - journals.co.za
This study explores smallholder cocoa farmers' adoption decisions of agrochemical inputs in
the Ghanaian cocoa industry using farm-level data collected from a sample of 838 farm …

Geographical indication, agricultural products export and urban–rural income gap

S Zhang, Y Sun, X Yu, Y Zhang - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Nineteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward the
implementation of a rural revitalization strategy, which is an important way to achieve …