• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Farm technology adoption in Kenya: A simultaneous estimation of inorganic fertilizer and improved maize variety adoption decisions
  • Beteiligte: Ogada, Maurice J. [Verfasser:in]; Mwabu, Germano [Verfasser:in]; Muchai, Diana [Verfasser:in]
  • Erschienen: Heidelberg: Springer, 2014
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40100-014-0012-3
  • ISSN: 2193-7532
  • Schlagwörter: Q16 ; Simultaneous estimation ; Technology adoption ; O55 ; Kenya ; Africa ; Q10
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  • Beschreibung: This paper models inorganic fertilizer and improved maize varieties adoption as joint decisions. Controlling for household, plot-level, institutional and other factors, the study found that household adoption decisions on inorganic fertilizer and improved maize varieties were inter-dependent. Other factors found to influence the adoption of the two technologies were farmer characteristics, plot-level factors and market imperfections such as limited access to credit and input markets, and production risks. Thus, easing market imperfections is a pre-requisite for accelerating farm technology adoption among the smallholders. Inter-dependence of farm technologies must also not be ignored in farm technology adoption promotion initiatives.
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