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results generally indicate that adoption of cocoa agroforests has significant positive impacts on yield and household income …
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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 …
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The adoption of sustainable agriculture and other sustainable forestry methods that can help to reduce tropical … adoption of agroforestry by peasant farmers in developing countries by comparing the land use choices of farmers in Rondônia … about agroforestry significantly influence the adoption of agroforestry and that deforestation levels for farmers in both …
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adoption decisions. In particular we find that poverty, and access to information, among other factors, impact the choice of … farming practices significantly. We also find evidence that the impact of gender on technology adoption is technology specific … influence adoption of these practices and use this knowledge to formulate policies that encourage adoption.<p> …
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Sustainable intensification of agriculture requires the adoption of new production techniques, tools, and programmes on … adoption. Further, we show how their alignment can improve future assessments in project and policy cycles, e.g. through the …
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analysis. A probit model was used for the analysis of determinants of jatropha adoption by smallholder farmers. Empirical …
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technology for the adoption decision and how perceptions themselves are influenced by the decision to adopt new technology. The … to analyse the adoption decision, while the variables relevant to farmers' perceptions are modelled using the ordered … approach to modelling the two-way relationship between perception and adoption. Variables such as farm size, farm income and …
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The study aims to track adoption of improved chickpea varieties, and assess their on-farm benefits in some remote and …-government organization. It also determines key factors which were influencing their adoption. The study found that adoption of improved … risk, and farmers' experience of growing chickpea crop were significantly influencing their adoption. The on-farm benefits …
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-linked differences in the adoption of modern maize varieties and chemical fertilizer result from gender-linked differences in access to … equitable adoption of improved technologies may not require changes in the research system, but rather introduction of measures …
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