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    Understanding the process of agricultural technology

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    Lambrecht, I.
    Vanlauwe, Bernard
    Merckx, R.
    Maertens, M.
    Date
    2014
    Language
    en
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review status
    Peer Review
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    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.
    Permanent link to cite or share this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10568/75910
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.01.024
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    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.
    AGROVOC Keywords
    MINERAL FERTILIZER; SOIL FERTILITY
    Countries
    NIGERIA
    Regions
    AFRICA; WEST AFRICA
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