Understanding the process of agricultural technology
We analyze the adoption of mineral fertilizer in South-Kivu. We model technology adoption as a three-step-process,including awareness, tryout, and adoption; and empirically analyze these steps using cross-sectional farm-household data, and bivariateand Heckman selection probit models. We find that a...
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2014
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| author | Lambrecht, Isabel B. Vanlauwe, Bernard Merckx, Roel Maertens, M. |
| author_browse | Lambrecht, Isabel B. Maertens, M. Merckx, Roel Vanlauwe, Bernard |
| author_facet | Lambrecht, Isabel B. Vanlauwe, Bernard Merckx, Roel Maertens, M. |
| author_sort | Lambrecht, Isabel B. |
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| description | We analyze the adoption of mineral fertilizer in South-Kivu. We model technology adoption as a three-step-process,including awareness, tryout, and adoption; and empirically analyze these steps using cross-sectional farm-household data, and bivariateand Heckman selection probit models. We find that awareness about fertilizer is high (57%) and mainly determined by education andsocial capital. Tryout is low (13% of aware farmers) but positively influenced by extension interventions. Continued adoption is high(70% of tryout farmers) but capital constraints are important and not all extension interventions are effective for continued adoption.Our results entail implications for extension policies in poor areas. |
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| spelling | CGSpace759102025-03-18T19:45:12Z Understanding the process of agricultural technology Lambrecht, Isabel B. Vanlauwe, Bernard Merckx, Roel Maertens, M. mineral fertilizer soil fertility We analyze the adoption of mineral fertilizer in South-Kivu. We model technology adoption as a three-step-process,including awareness, tryout, and adoption; and empirically analyze these steps using cross-sectional farm-household data, and bivariateand Heckman selection probit models. We find that awareness about fertilizer is high (57%) and mainly determined by education andsocial capital. Tryout is low (13% of aware farmers) but positively influenced by extension interventions. Continued adoption is high(70% of tryout farmers) but capital constraints are important and not all extension interventions are effective for continued adoption.Our results entail implications for extension policies in poor areas. 2014-07 2016-07-04T08:15:22Z 2016-07-04T08:15:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75910 en Limited Access Elsevier Lambrecht, I., Vanlauwe, B., Merckx, R. & Maertens, M. (2014). Understanding the process of agricultural technology adoption: mineral fertilizer in eastern DR Congo. World Development, 59, 132-146. |
| spellingShingle | mineral fertilizer soil fertility Lambrecht, Isabel B. Vanlauwe, Bernard Merckx, Roel Maertens, M. Understanding the process of agricultural technology |
| title | Understanding the process of agricultural technology |
| title_full | Understanding the process of agricultural technology |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the process of agricultural technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the process of agricultural technology |
| title_short | Understanding the process of agricultural technology |
| title_sort | understanding the process of agricultural technology |
| topic | mineral fertilizer soil fertility |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/75910 |
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