Journal Article10.2139/SSRN.2341774
Crop Technology Adoption Among Rural Farmers in Some Selected Regions of Mali
3
TL;DR: In this paper, a study was carried out to examine the elements that influenced the adoption decisions of Eco-farm technologies among rural farmers in three selected regions of the country of Mali, and it was concluded that the regions with greater net benefits after the adoption were adopting more of Ecofarm crop technologies than those with less net benefit.
read more
Abstract: Enhancing farm production through an application of modern crop technologies to the extant farm system is relevant to improving the lives of farmers in rural areas. The Ecofarm crop technologies are some of the technologies that have been introduced with the aim of improving the lives of rural farmers in Mali. The study was carried out to examine the elements that influenced the adoption decisions of Ecofarm technologies among rural farmers in three selected regions of Mali. It contributes to the present knowledge on the socioeconomic factors that influence farmers in their adoption decisions of crop technologies in dry-land crop growing areas. Through the application of a multi-stage sampling technique, data were collected from 120 rural farmers from the three study regions. The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) and Cost-Benefit analyses were employed to analyze the data. It was evident that household size positively determined the adoption decisions of rural farmers in these regions. Also, the distance to these Ecofarm technologies had influence on the adoption decisions in that, the proximity of these technologies to the farms induced the rural farmers to adopt them. Interestingly, it was also found out that the larger the land holding of the farmers, the less likely it was for them to adopt the Ecofarm technologies. It was concluded that the regions with greater net benefits after the adoption were adopting more of Ecofarm crop technologies than those with less net benefit.
read more
Chat with Paper
AI Agents for this Paper
Find similar papers on Google Scholar, PubMed and Arxiv
Write a critical review of this paper
Analyze citations of this paper to find unaddressed research gaps
Citations
Adoption of Coffee Shade Agroforestry Technology and Shade Tree Management in Gobu Seyo District, East Wollega, Oromia
Tolera Urgessa Waktola,Kidist Fekadu +1 more
- 08 Jul 2021
TL;DR: In this article, a study was conducted to assess factors affecting the adoption of the coffee shade agroforestry technology, its socioeconomic and environmental benefits, and the management practices related to the technology.
Market participation and technology adoption: An application of a triple-hurdle model approach to improved sorghum varieties in Mali
Alphonse Singbo,Alphonse Singbo,Felix Badolo,Jourdain Lokossou,Hippolyte Affognon +4 more
- 01 Sep 2021
TL;DR: In this paper, a triple-hurdle model was proposed to investigate the relationship between market participation and agricultural technology adoption, and the authors concluded that interventions that facilitate households' participation in the sorghum market and the accounting for market demand in breeding programs could enhance the uptake of improved varieties.
13
The Effect of Coffee Canopy Pruning and Fertilization on Coffee Growth and Soil Physical Properties
Rosesita Tri Suci Rohani,Cahyo Prayogo,Didik Suprayogo,Kurniawan Sigit Wicaksono +3 more
TL;DR: The bending technique is more advantageous than pruning for coffee growth and soil physical properties, resulting in increased stem diameter, new shoot length, chlorophyll content, organic carbon content, and reduced bulk density.
1
References
Household strategies and rural livelihood diversification
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reviewed the recent literature on diversification as a livelihood strategy of rural households in developing countries, with particular reference to sub-Saharan Africa, and concluded that removal of constraints to, and expansion of opportunities for, diversification are desirable policy objectives because they give individuals and households more capabilities to improve livelihood security and to raise living standards.
2.6K
•Book
Peasant Economics: Farm Households and Agrarian Development
Frank Ellis
- 01 Jan 1988
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a theory of the optimising peasant and the profit-maximising peasant in the context of political economy, and discuss women in the peasant household.
966
Farmers' perceptions and adoption of new agricultural technology: evidence from analysis in Burkina Faso and Guinea, West Africa
TL;DR: In this article, a Tobit model of modern sorghum and rice varietal technologies in Burkina Faso and Guinea was used to test the hypothesis that farmers' perceptions of technology characteristics significantly affect their adoption decisions.
802
How does gender affect the adoption of agricultural innovations? The case of improved maize technology in Ghana
Cheryl R. Doss,Michael L. Morris +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, evidence from Ghana suggests that gender-linked differences in the adoption of modern maize varieties and chemical fertilizer result from gender linked differences in access to complementary inputs, especially land, labor, and extension services.
775
Analyzing technology adoption using microstudies: limitations, challenges, and opportunities for improvement
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the generic limitations of cross-sectional adoption studies carried out in small numbers of communities and discuss some problems faced in conducting such studies, including the use of sampling approaches that allow data from micro-studies to be generalized to higher levels of aggregation and careful examination of the assumptions that often underlie such studies.
561