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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Agricultural Technologies"”.
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Impacts of new agricultural technologies in Peru
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impacts of Peru's research and extension programs on two regions in Peru and assess the implications of those impacts on institutional action by the Agrarian Bank and the Peruvian research and extension service. An LP model was constructed for two …
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Three Essays on Adoption and Impact of Agricultural Technologies
… of three essays examining adoption and impact of agricultural technologies. The first two papers estimate adoption and impact of iron-biofortified bean varieties in Rwanda. These varieties are bred to have high iron content and high yields to improve the health and livelihoods of rural households. …
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Drivers of adoption and impacts of smallholder climate-resilient agricultural technologies
… current challenges facing the adoption of agricultural technologies and practices in developing countries. I focus on climate-resilient technologies that are particularly important. The studies cover (i) the evaluation of the effects of a country-wide market-smart input subsidy program on …
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Agricultural Technologies and Economic Development: Three Essays on Technology Adoption and Inequality
… composed of three essays examining adoption of agricultural technologies in Ecuador and intergenerational mobility in the United States. The first essay entitled 'Does IPM Have Staying Power? Revisiting a Potato-producing Area Years After Formal Training Ended' examines (Integrated Pest …
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Assessing Factors Affecting Adoption of Agricultural Technologies: The Case of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Kumi District, Eastern Uganda
… This study analyzed adoption of eight IPM technologies on cowpea, sorghum and groundnuts. Low levels of adoption (<25%) were found with five of these technologies while three technologies had high adoption levels (>75%). Results indicate that farmers' participation in on-farm trial …
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Two Essays on Evaluation Challenges in Integrated Pest Management: An Evaluation Design for the Onion ipmPIPE and Identifying Women's Crops and Agricultural Technologies
… to measure benefits accruing to women from agricultural research using secondary data. Donors, governments and others are interested in determining how benefits from agricultural research accrue to women. We develop a three-step framework to identify women's crops and technologies. In step …
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Labor Mobilization and Utilization Among Small Scale Farmers in Chibale Chiefdom, Serenje, Zambia
Traditional diffusion models of agricultural technologies have been limited to evaluating the nature of technologies and the impacts technologies may have in societies, rather than the extent to which the structure of society may be compatible with the technology itself. Thus, labor-absorbing …
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Modeling Pecuniary and Non -Pecuniary Objectives for Adoption, and Multiple Technology Adoption Decisions
… providing an incentive to promote packages of agricultural technologies.
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Intellectual property, innovation and trade: strategies for the actualisation of agenda 2063 of the African Union
… capacity, and low adoption of advanced agricultural technologies—factors that hinder productivity and necessitate urgent reform measures. Recognising intellectual property, innovation, and trade as key enablers of development, the thesis links these elements to the realisation of the …
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"When He Comes Home, Then He Can Decide": Male Out-Migration, the Feminization of Agriculture, and Integrated Pest Management in the Nepali Mid-Hills
… patterns have pushed women to take on new agricultural duties and manage increasing household labor responsibilities. Additionally, IPM vegetable cultivation is changing how farmers use and value their land through increasing crop diversification. Agricultural decision-making processes …
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Precision Agriculture and Its Influence on Agrarian Decision-Making
… about the values and ethics behind how these technologies are developed, deployed, and used. Key concerns include whose interests they serve, who is included or excluded from their design, and how they may reinforce or challenge existing power dynamics. This research explores the impact of PA …
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[De]stabilizing the neoliberal food regime: the struggle for the defense of corn in Mexico
… (corn), listening and writing (about industrial agricultural technologies), and remembering (the social history of corn and tortillas).
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Determinants of soybean adoption and performance in northern Ghana
… In this context soybean represents a long-jump agricultural technology, requiring significant, non-incremental changes for smallholder farmers. This research addresses the adoption process for long-jump agricultural technologies like soybean to understand the drivers that enable or hinder farmer …
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WOMEN FARMERS AND SUSTAINABLE COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE IN JAFFNA, SRI LANKA: Changing farm operation practices in a dry-zone area affected by climate change
… focus on women's agency and freedoms within the agricultural sector. Women operate 26% of farms in Jaffna, yet women are notably absent from agricultural development policies. As climate change threatens the livelihoods and security of farmers in Jaffna, establishing data on the opportunities, …
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Modeling a Cost-Effective IPM Dissemination Strategy for Vegetables and Rice: An Example in South Asia
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) technologies have proven to be effective at increasing agricultural productivity and have been credited for providing economic, health, and environmental benefits in many developing countries. In South Asia, population growth and the increasing demand for nutritious …
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The Impact of Text Messages on Adoption and Knowledge of Integrated Pest Management Practices: A Randomized Control Trial Study of Potato Farmers in Carchi, Ecuador
Adoption of new agricultural technologies by farmers in developing countries is sometimes limited, despite the associated benefits. Potato farmers in Carchi, Ecuador rely heavily on pesticides to limit pest and disease damage, rather than adopting a more sustainable and economically viable …
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Farming by Satellites: how West Country farmers were being driven to, and by, precision agricultural systems
… coordination and information communication technologies into farming practices to deliver self-driving and auto-regulating machinery and equipment to farmers, who can afford to invest, right across the globe. It is often sold on the basis that it can help clean up or ‘ecologically modernise’ …
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Effets indirects et distributifs de la participation aux marchés agricoles dans les pays en développement
The analysis of the effects of agricultural marketing on household (participants) income and/or consumption suggests a consensus on a positive causal relationship. However, it would still be incomplete if it is restricted to the participants alone, because in an economic system, the participants …
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Drivers and Barriers to Producer Adoption of Climate Resilient Pea Varieties in the Western Canadian Prairies
… models (e.g., Variety Use Agreements), and new technologies (e.g., gene editing). Analyzed through a mixed multinomial logit model, the results suggest the inclusion of field pea in the crop rotation is motivated by the benefits of diversification, but the benefits must outweigh the loss of …
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Agricultural Technolongy in Bangladesh: a Study on Non-Farm Labor and Adoption by Gender
… is growing interest in learning the impacts of agricultural technologies especially in developing economies. Economic analysis may entail assessment of employment and time allocation effects of new technologies. An issue of importance in South Asia is the impacts of technological change on a …
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