3 edition of Generation and diffusion of agricultural technology found in the catalog.
Generation and diffusion of agricultural technology
Stephen D. Biggs
Published
1983
by International Labour Organisation in Geneva
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Written in
Edition Notes
Study undertaken within the framework of the Technology and Employment Programmeof the World Employment Programme.
| Statement | By Stephen D. Biggs and Edward J. Clay. |
| Series | Working paper / World employment programme research -- 122, Working paper -- 122. |
| Contributions | Clay, Edward J., World Employment Programme. |
| ID Numbers | |
|---|---|
| Open Library | OL20322893M |
| ISBN 10 | 9221035794 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 13059826 |
In a predominantly agrarian economy, economic growth is driven by increases in agricultural productivity and, therefore, depends on the availability of natural resources, agricultural technology, and human resources. These are depicted as potential resources at the bottom of Figure of my diffusion book, during the s, an explosion occurred in the number of diffusion investigations that were conducted in the devel-oping nations of Latin America, Africa, and Asia. It was realized that the classical diffusion model could be usefully applied to the process of socioeconomic development. In fact, the diffusion approach was a.
Agricultural Technology Diffusion and Adoption in Banana and Legume Based Systems of Central Africa. Emily Ouma et al. Supply and Demand Drivers of the Sustainable Intensification of Farming Systems through Grain Legumes in Central, Eastern and Southern Africa. Joseph Rusike et al. Peasant innovation and diffusion of agricultural technology in China (Book, ) [] Get this from a library! Peasant innovation and diffusion of agricultural technology in China. [Mary Sheridan; Cornell University.
et al, ). Promotion of technical change through the generation of agricultural technologies by research and their dissemination to end users plays a critical role in boosting agricultural productivity in developing countries (Mapila, ). The availability of modern agricultural . Diffusion of innovations is a theory that seeks to explain how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread. Everett Rogers, a professor of communication studies, popularized the theory in his book Diffusion of Innovations; the book was first published in , and is now in its fifth edition (). Rogers argues that diffusion is the process by which an innovation is communicated.
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When demand for agricultural products is inelastic, the main beneficiary of the diffusion of more efficient technology is the consumer, while farmers are stuck on a ‘technology treadmill’.
Early adopters also benefit from the introduction of the new technology, but followers, who make up the majority of the farm population, may adopt only. ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, literature survey of theories and experience relating to technology transfer, generation and diffusion of agricultural technology - covers modernization, factor endowments, income distribution, dependence relations, agricultural research, agricultural extension and environmental by: 9.
Social Networks and Diffusion of Agricultural Technology: Implication for Research-Extension and Farmer linkage in Resettlement areas of Ethiopia [Ketema, Dessalegn Molla] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
Social Networks and Diffusion of Agricultural Technology: Implication for Research-Extension and Farmer linkage in Resettlement areas of Ethiopia. While adoption is the decision by an individual producer to use a new technology at a given moment, diffusion is the aggregate measure of adoption decisions.
Early studies of diffusion were conducted by sociologists. Rogers () measured technology usage as a fraction of farmers that had adopted a certain technology at a given point in time. Technology Transfer and Diffusion in Developing Economies: Perspectives from Agricultural Technology: /ch The early years of the green revolution heralded a new era of technology adoption and increasing productivity in agriculture.
This momentum has not beenAuthor: Edwin M. Igbokwe, Nicholas Ozor. Technology Transfer and Diffusion in Developing Economies: /ch The early years of the green revolution heralded a new era of technology adoption and increasing productivity in agriculture.
This momentum has not Generation and diffusion of agricultural technology book. Model of technology adoption decision process (Source: Adapted from Rogers () Diffusion of Innovation, 3rd Edition (p. ), with some additions).
SOCIAL NETWORKS AND DIFFUSION OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY: THE CASE OF SORGHUM IN METEMA WOREDA, NORTH GONDAR, ETHIOPIA.
A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, School of Graduate Studies, Haramaya University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of.
Keywords: Technology, diffusion, village resource centre, institution, innovation, growth, development agricultural labour skills, and continuously enhance the learning process for technology generation and transfer and a means to implement these technologies. Extension services can provide the proper institutional system.
Abstract: The chapter reviews the generation and adoption of new technologies in the agricultural sector. The first section describes models of induced innovation and experimentation, considers the political economy of public investments in agricultural research, and addresses institutions and public policies for managing innovation activity.
Generation and diffusion of agricultural innovations: the role of institutional factors Author: Iftikhar Ahmed ; Vernon W Ruttan ; World Employment Programme. Yet it is diffusion rather than invention or innovation that ultimately determines the pace of economic growth and the rate of change of productivity.
Until many users adopt a new technology, it may contribute little to our well-being. As Nathan Rosenberg said in“in the history of diffusion of many innovations, one cannot help being.
Generation and diffusion of agricultural innovations: the role of institutional factors by Iftikhar Ahmed, Vernon W Ruttan, World Employment Programme. Format. Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council as agricultural technology innovation focus (Lybbert and Sumner ) are: • New traits, varieties, and crops that increase productivity and are tolerant to a wide range of climate differences; • Water management and irrigation systems that are more sensitive to greater rainfall variability and local.
In book: Agricultural Extension and Consultancy, Chapter: DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS, Publisher: Gaziosmanpaşa University The new technology must be cheaper than the old one.
the role of education in the adoption and diffusion of agricultural innovations using the same data set. Together, these static and dynamic approaches should provide a fuller picture of the extent and nature of externalities to schooling in Ethiopian agriculture than has previously been possible.
2. Background – Innovation Diffusion and Technology Dissemination in M alaysia Department of Agriculture (DOA) was established in where the emphasis revolved around crop research, equipping the farmers with technical skills, and business development for farmers.
However, it remains challenging to characterize the active sites for producing AOS and to image the surface properties of AOS, especially on multicomponent metallic catalyst surfaces. Herein, we utilize tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) to probe the local generation and diffusion of OH radicals on a Pd/Au() bimetallic catalyst surface.
THE DIFFUSION OF AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS. GWYN E. JONES. University of Nottingham *References are listed on page Search for more papers by this author. Identifying the Audience and the Media of Communication: Targeting Technology Transfer in the UK Cereals Industry, Outlook on Agriculture, /, 29, 3, ( Adoption, diffusion and abandonment of new technology The introduction of a new technology consists of two phases.
In the first phase, the new technology is introduced to farmers through for instance, demonstrations plots or other means and the new technology will be adopted when found beneficial.
The second phase is. Technology is one of resources for agricultural production. According to Ingold (), definitions of technology differ widely, depending on whether the intent is to embrace the totality of human works, in all societies and during all epochs. Rogers () reported that technology is a .C.
Diffusion of Innovation Studies Several independent research traditions have studied the diffusion of innovations: Anthropology, geography, and sociology have a long tradition of trying to understand present behavior in terms of patterns of diffusion of techniques and .Diffusion of Agriculture What we know so far is that our first agricultural hearths appeared in the Middle East, Mesoamerica, and East Asia.
We call this transition the Neolithic Revolution.
