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Assessing adoption potential of new groundnut varieties in Malawi

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0014479702000261
 
Title Assessing adoption potential of new groundnut varieties in Malawi
 
Creator Freeman, H A
Merwe, P J A Van der
Subrahmanyam, P
Chiyembekeza, A J
Kaguongo, W
 
Subject Groundnut
 
Description Farmers hosted on-farm trials and demonstrations involving three new groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) varieties in Malawi to assess their acceptability and adoption potential. Patterns of seed diffusion among trial farmers were examined as well as among non-trial farmers who were members of seed banks. The study showed that trial follow-up surveys provide a cost-effective approach for assessing early adoption and providing feedback to researchers. While useful, however, such studies are not an end in themselves. Rather they need to be perceived and designed as one of several studies that help researchers understand the complexity of farmers' adoption decisions
 
Publisher Cambridge University Press
 
Date 2002
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/6786/1/ExpAgric_38_2_211-221_2002.pdf
Freeman, H A and Merwe, P J A Van der and Subrahmanyam, P and Chiyembekeza, A J and Kaguongo, W (2002) Assessing adoption potential of new groundnut varieties in Malawi. Experimental Agriculture, 38 (2). pp. 211-221. ISSN 0014-4797