Identifying innovators and early adopters of agricultural technology: A case of wheat varieties in Rajasthan, India

The study explores the diffusion process of innovators, early adopters, and late adopters of agricultural technologies. We define innovators, early adopters, and late adopters based on the time taken to adopt improved technology in a well-defined geographic area. The paper is based on a primary surv...

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Autores principales: Varshney, Deepak, Joshi, Pramod Kumar, Roy, Devesh
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147159
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Joshi, Pramod Kumar
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description The study explores the diffusion process of innovators, early adopters, and late adopters of agricultural technologies. We define innovators, early adopters, and late adopters based on the time taken to adopt improved technology in a well-defined geographic area. The paper is based on a primary survey of 866 wheat farmers conducted in the state of Rajasthan, India. The primary objective of the study is to identify the structural characteristics and information channels for farmers classified as innovators and early adopters. The secondary objective is to present a more disaggregated analysis by assessing the factors that affect the adoption of recent seed varieties. The first objective is based on binary choice modeling, and the second objective relies on the empirical formulation drawn from Besley and Case (1993) that accounts for the dynamic processes related to adoption in the cross-sectional framework.
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spelling CGSpace1471592025-11-06T07:24:22Z Identifying innovators and early adopters of agricultural technology: A case of wheat varieties in Rajasthan, India Varshney, Deepak Joshi, Pramod Kumar Roy, Devesh agricultural extension agricultural technology technology diffusion of research innovation adoption risk credit The study explores the diffusion process of innovators, early adopters, and late adopters of agricultural technologies. We define innovators, early adopters, and late adopters based on the time taken to adopt improved technology in a well-defined geographic area. The paper is based on a primary survey of 866 wheat farmers conducted in the state of Rajasthan, India. The primary objective of the study is to identify the structural characteristics and information channels for farmers classified as innovators and early adopters. The secondary objective is to present a more disaggregated analysis by assessing the factors that affect the adoption of recent seed varieties. The first objective is based on binary choice modeling, and the second objective relies on the empirical formulation drawn from Besley and Case (1993) that accounts for the dynamic processes related to adoption in the cross-sectional framework. 2019-02-26 2024-06-21T09:11:40Z 2024-06-21T09:11:40Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147159 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Varshney, Deepak; Joshi, Pramod Kumar; and Roy, Devesh. 2019. Identifying innovators and early adopters of agricultural technology: A case of wheat varieties in Rajasthan, India. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1808. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147159
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technology
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innovation adoption
risk
credit
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Joshi, Pramod Kumar
Roy, Devesh
Identifying innovators and early adopters of agricultural technology: A case of wheat varieties in Rajasthan, India
title Identifying innovators and early adopters of agricultural technology: A case of wheat varieties in Rajasthan, India
title_full Identifying innovators and early adopters of agricultural technology: A case of wheat varieties in Rajasthan, India
title_fullStr Identifying innovators and early adopters of agricultural technology: A case of wheat varieties in Rajasthan, India
title_full_unstemmed Identifying innovators and early adopters of agricultural technology: A case of wheat varieties in Rajasthan, India
title_short Identifying innovators and early adopters of agricultural technology: A case of wheat varieties in Rajasthan, India
title_sort identifying innovators and early adopters of agricultural technology a case of wheat varieties in rajasthan india
topic agricultural extension
agricultural technology
technology
diffusion of research
innovation adoption
risk
credit
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147159
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