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Modeling Farmers’ Adoption Decisions of Multiple Crop Technologies: The Case of Barley and Potatoes in Ethiopia

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Title Modeling Farmers’ Adoption Decisions of Multiple Crop Technologies: The Case of Barley and Potatoes in Ethiopia
 
Creator Yigezu, Yigezu
 
Contributor Yirga, Chilot
Aw-Hassan, Aden A.
 
Subject multiple technologies
simultaneity
multivariate tobit
multivariate probit
adoption
technologies
 
Description This paper argues and provides empirical evidence that adoption decisions on multiple technologies involve a series of three sequential sub-decisions. Using a multivariate tobit and multivariate probit models and a nationally representative data from Ethiopian highlands, we find that decisions on the area shares of barley and potatoes in total farm size and the plot/field-level decision on the adoption of improved varieties of the two crops are independent. The farm-level decisions on the adoption of improved varieties of the two crops however exhibit strong simultaneity. A striking result from this analysis is that, the number of extension visits affects neither crop choice nor variety adoption decisions which, along with the relatively high density of extension agents in Ethiopia, shows the poor performance of the extension system. Targeting farmers dedicating higher proportion of their lands to the particular crop and introducing other models of extension could increase technology adoption.
 
Date 2015-08-14
2016-05-04T15:07:30Z
2016-05-04T15:07:30Z
 
Type Conference Paper
 
Identifier http://econpapers.repec.org/paper/agsiaae15/211867.htm
https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/xbipG1YJ
Yigezu Yigezu, Chilot Yirga, Aden A. Aw-Hassan. (14/8/2015). Modeling Farmers’ Adoption Decisions of Multiple Crop Technologies: The Case of Barley and Potatoes in Ethiopia. Milan, Italy.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/4727
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Università degli Studi di Milano (University of Milan)
 
Source 29th International Conference of Agricultural Economists;