Ainembabazi, J.H. and Mugisha, J. (2014) The Role of Farming Experience on the Adoption of Agricultural Technologies: Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Uganda. The Journal of Development Studies, 50 (5). pp. 666-679.
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Abstract
This article investigates the relationship between adoption of and experience with agricultural technologies. We use both non-parametric and parametric estimations on data from rural farmers in Uganda. We find an inverted-U relationship between adoption of and experience with agricultural technologies in banana, coffee and maize. This suggests that farming experience is useful in early stages of adoption of a given technology when farmers are still testing its potential benefits, which later determine its retention or disadoption over time. Thus, gradual advances in technology development and continuous retraining of farmers are essential for sustainable adoption of agricultural technologies for some crops.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Adoption of and experience, Agricultural technologies, Non-parametric and parametric estimations |
| Author Affiliation: | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kampala, Uganda |
| Subjects: | Agricultural Engineering |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2016 10:02 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2016 10:02 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2013.874556 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/14430 |
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