The adopters versus the technology: which matters more when predicting or explaining adoption?
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Abstract Research on the determinants of adoption of agricultural innovations (technologies and practices) has failed to converge towards a consistent explanation for why farmers choose to adopt new technologies and practices. This absence of convergence matters because it indicates that agricultural extension and policy are influenced by a body of literature that is often not able to offer clear recommendations on the variables that can be used to design policy interventions. Our analysis suggests that, in general, researchers have been too focused on understanding the adopter and the general farming context, and too little concerned with understanding the performance of the technology itself.
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Time delays in the effect of extension participation exist because the herd calving rate is determined by complex practices that do not give an immediate and observable return and require more learning time.
“This could be due to time delays in the effect of extension participation as the herd calving rate is determined by complex practices that do not give an immediate and observable return and require more learning time (Foster and Rosenzweig, 2010;Kuehne et al., 2017;Montes de Oca Munguia and Llewellyn, 2020).”
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Extension and management pathways for enhanced farm sustainability: evidence from Irish dairy farms
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- Authors
- de Oca Munguia, O. M., & Llewellyn, R.
- ORCID
- Llewellyn, Rick
- Venue
- Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2020-02-05
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 80-91
- ISSN
- 2040-5790 (ISSN-L)
- 2040-5804
- OpenAlex
- W3005068458
- Cited by
- 90
- References
- 26
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 6
- FWCI
- 20.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (publishedVersion)
- UWA Profiles and Research Repository (UWA) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Development and Management
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting
- Keywords
- agricultural technology adoption, adoption factors, farmer behavior, technology performance, agricultural extension, agricultural policy
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