Understanding farm level technology adoption: lessons learned from CIMMYT's micro surveys in Eastern Africa

Drawing on a series of technology adoption studies carried out by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in collaboration with national agricultural research systems in Eastern Africa during 1996-98, this paper suggests alternative approaches for designing technology adoption...

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Autor: Doss, C.
Tipo de recurso: libro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:México
Institución:Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional de Publicaciones Multimedia del CIMMYT
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.cimmyt.org:10883/1039
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10883/1039
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
FERTILIZERS
INNOVATION ADOPTION
MAIZE
VARIETIES
FARMING SYSTEMS
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
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Sumario:Drawing on a series of technology adoption studies carried out by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in collaboration with national agricultural research systems in Eastern Africa during 1996-98, this paper suggests alternative approaches for designing technology adoption studies that provide as much useful information as possible. It describes the Eastern African studies and summarizes specific lessons learned, asks what can be learned from farm-level studies in a few communities, explores generic limitations of micro studies and a range of problems and issues faced in carrying out such studies, addresses challenges that arise in trying to put together a set of compatible micro studies, and lists overall conclusions and specific recommendations.