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4 articles found for keyword search: +technology +adoption

  • Expert Elicitation for Assessing Agricultural Technology Adoption: The Case of Improved Rice Varieties in South Asian Countries

    Takuji W. Tsusaka, Ma. Lourdes Velasco, Takashi Yamano, and Sushil Pandey
    Cultivar-specific adoption information is imperative for agricultural research organizations to make strategic research plans for crop-genetic development. However, such data are often unavailable in developing countries or obsolete and unreliable even when they exist. A budget-friendly and reliable...
    Volume 12 Issue No. 1 (June 2015)

  • What Happened to PhilRice's Microtiller? A Scaling Study

    Jaime A. Manalo IV, Louie Gerard F. Orcullo, Teresa Joi P. de Leon, and Marco Antonio M. Baltazar
    This study inquires on the outscaling of the microtiller, a machine developed by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in the 1990s to address the tedious rice land cultivation in the Cordillera highlands of the Philippines. Stakeholders of the project were interviewed, particularly...
    Volume 19 Issue No. 2 (December 2022)

  • Soil Conservation Decisions and Upland Corn Productivity: A Philippine Case Study

    Agnes C. Rola, Asa Jose U. Sajise, Dieldre S. Harder, and Joe Marvin P. Alpuerto
    This paper empirically investigates whether farmers who adopt soil conservation measures derive productivity gains. A twelve-year (1994-2006) panel data in Bukidnon, Philippines was used to quantify the indirect relationship between soil conservation technology adoption and upland corn productivity...
    Volume 6 Issue No. 2 (December 2009)

  • Determinants of Crop Choices by Bangladeshi Farmers: A Bivariate Probit Analysis

    Sanzidur Rahman
    Using a bivariate probit model, the study jointly determines the factors underlying the probability of Bangladeshi farmers adopting a diversified cropping system and/or modern rice technology. Results reveal that the availability of irrigation is the single most important determinant of the decision...
    Volume 5 Issue No. 1 (June 2008)

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