Understanding the adoption of modern cultivars in India: Adoption probability and use intensity

Using a survey of 1,500 farmers, we identify farmer-level constraints to adoption of modern cultivars in Rajasthan, India, and decompose the overall elasticity into the elasticities of adoption probability and use intensity. We find that access to credit and intensity of extension services received...

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Autores principales: Varshney, Deepak, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Roy, Devesh, Kumar, Anjani
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141401
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description Using a survey of 1,500 farmers, we identify farmer-level constraints to adoption of modern cultivars in Rajasthan, India, and decompose the overall elasticity into the elasticities of adoption probability and use intensity. We find that access to credit and intensity of extension services received drive adoption of modern cultivars, but both factors are more important for determining adoption probability than for determining use intensity. Moreover, the study assesses the roles that key traits of individual cultivars play in their adoption. Varietal traits significant for the adoption of modern cultivars vary by crop and geography. However, the main driver for continuing old cultivars across crops is taste attributes.
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spelling CGSpace1414012024-11-13T12:23:15Z Understanding the adoption of modern cultivars in India: Adoption probability and use intensity Varshney, Deepak Joshi, Pramod Kumar Roy, Devesh Kumar, Anjani models elasticity farmers extension systems modelling capacity development varieties credit Using a survey of 1,500 farmers, we identify farmer-level constraints to adoption of modern cultivars in Rajasthan, India, and decompose the overall elasticity into the elasticities of adoption probability and use intensity. We find that access to credit and intensity of extension services received drive adoption of modern cultivars, but both factors are more important for determining adoption probability than for determining use intensity. Moreover, the study assesses the roles that key traits of individual cultivars play in their adoption. Varietal traits significant for the adoption of modern cultivars vary by crop and geography. However, the main driver for continuing old cultivars across crops is taste attributes. 2022-01-01 2024-04-12T13:37:50Z 2024-04-12T13:37:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141401 en Open Access Western Agricultural Economics Association Varshney, Deepak; Joshi, Pramod Kumar; Roy, Devesh; and Kumar, Anjani. 2022. Understanding the adoption of modern cultivars in India: Adoption probability and use intensity. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 47(1): 167–189. https://purl.umn.edu/310525
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capacity development
varieties
credit
Varshney, Deepak
Joshi, Pramod Kumar
Roy, Devesh
Kumar, Anjani
Understanding the adoption of modern cultivars in India: Adoption probability and use intensity
title Understanding the adoption of modern cultivars in India: Adoption probability and use intensity
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extension systems
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capacity development
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