An Analysis Of Health Factors As Predictors Of Agricultural Technology Adoption

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An Analysis of Health Factors as Predictors of Agricultural Technology Adoption

Author : Alix Zerbo
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Download or read book An Analysis of Health Factors as Predictors of Agricultural Technology Adoption written by Alix Zerbo and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Agricultural technologies are considered as efficient instruments to support rural and economic development. In general, socio-economic factors are considered as the main determinants that delay or encourage the adoption of improved technologies. Other predictors such as health factors have rarely been included in studies as determinants of (non)adoption (Ersado et al 2004). As a result, this study attempts to determine whether or not health factors (farmers' health status and accessibility to healthcare services) negatively and significantly influence the adoption of improved agricultural technologies. A Tobit model and a bivariate probit model were designed to evaluate the hypothesis that health factors significantly and negatively impact the adoption of improved maize seeds and inorganic fertilizers in Malawi (Southern Africa). The study uses data from the 2010-2011 Malawi Third Integrated Household Survey (Malawi 2010-2011 IHS3). Overall, findings from this analysis support the hypothesis that longer distances to places were farmers can buy medication negatively and significantly impact the adoption of improved technologies; especially in the case of inorganic fertilizers. The results, however, do not indicate that chronic sickness significantly impact adoption behavior; although the impact is negative. Additionally, the results suggest that socio-economic factors that significantly influence the adoption of hybrid maize seeds and inorganic fertilizers include: education, plot ownership, hired labor, and the price of chemical fertilizers. These results, in part, support policies designed to improve healthcare systems and strengthen collaborative work between the health and agricultural sectors. " --

Determining Factors and Impacts of Modern Agricultural Technology Adoption in West Wollega

Author : Merga Challa
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656744033
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book Determining Factors and Impacts of Modern Agricultural Technology Adoption in West Wollega written by Merga Challa and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2013 in the subject Agrarian Studies, Wollega University (School of graduate studies), language: English, abstract: This study analyzed factors affecting modern agricultural technology adoption by farmers and the impact of technology adoption decision on the welfare of households in the study area. The data used for the study were obtained from 145 randomly selected sample households in the study area. Binary logit model was employed to analyze the determinants of farmers’ decisions to adopt modern technologies. Moreover, the average effect of adoption on household incomes and expenditure were estimated by using propensity score matching method. The result of the logistic regression showed that household heads’ education level, farm size, credit accessibility, perception of farmers about cost of the inputs and off-farm income positively and significantly affected the farm households’ adoption decision; while family size affected their decision negatively and significantly. The result of the propensity score matching estimation showed that the average income and consumption expenditure of adopters are greater than that of non-adopters. Based on these findings it is recommended that the zonal and the woreda leaders extension agents farm and education experts, policy makers and other development oriented organizations have to plan in such a way that the farm households in the study area will obtain sufficient education, credit accessibilities and also have to train farmers to make them understand the benefits obtained from adopting the new technologies. These bodies have also to arrange policy issues that improve farm labour participation of household members and also to arrange the ways in which farmers obtain means of income outside farming activities.

Farm Business Management

Author : Peter L Nuthall
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1789240735
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Farm Business Management written by Peter L Nuthall and published by CABI. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The underlying economic factors that affect primary production are frequently studied and written about - soil quality, animal health, climate, machinery - but this is the first book to explore the role of the decision psychology of the manager running the farm business, the person responsible for staff, strategic and operational decisions and the success or failure of financial and other objective outcomes. This second edition addresses fundamental questions such as the process of decision making, personal skills, and methods to improve managerial ability. It is an essential reference for farm managers and students in farm economics and management. Key Features: This is the first farm business management book published worldwide focused on human factors and decision making in primary production The second edition introduces two new chapters covering the key decision method, intuition and its enhancement, and the importance of human characteristics in a range of decision topics and areas

Risk-Based Evidence for Animal Health Policy

Author : Lisa Boden
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889661164
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book Risk-Based Evidence for Animal Health Policy written by Lisa Boden and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook is a collection of articles from a Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers Journals Series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area! Find out more on how to host your own Frontiers Research Topic or contribute to one as an author by contacting the Frontiers Editorial Office: frontiersin.org/about/contact.

Dissertation Abstracts International

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Total Pages : 614 pages
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Intelligent Systems and Applications

Author : Kohei Arai
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031664280
Total Pages : 751 pages
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Total Pages : 64 pages
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Innovation in Agriculture with IoT and AI

Author : Suchismita Satapathy
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030888282
Total Pages : 129 pages
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Sociological Abstracts

Author : Leo P. Chall
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Total Pages : 734 pages
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Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development

Author : Ephraim Nkonya
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319191683
Total Pages : 695 pages
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Download or read book Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development written by Ephraim Nkonya and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of land degradation is especially severe on livelihoods of the poor who heavily depend on natural resources. The annual global cost of land degradation due to land use and cover change (LUCC) and lower cropland and rangeland productivity is estimated to be about 300 billion USD. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for the largest share (22%) of the total global cost of land degradation. Only about 38% of the cost of land degradation due to LUCC - which accounts for 78% of the US$300 billion loss – is borne by land users and the remaining share (62%) is borne by consumers of ecosystem services off the farm. The results in this volume indicate that reversing land degradation trends makes both economic sense, and has multiple social and environmental benefits. On average, one US dollar investment into restoration of degraded land returns five US dollars. The findings of the country case studies call for increased investments into the rehabilitation and restoration of degraded lands, including through such institutional and policy measures as strengthening community participation for sustainable land management, enhancing government effectiveness and rule of law, improving access to markets and rural services, and securing land tenure. The assessment in this volume has been conducted at a time when there is an elevated interest in private land investments and when global efforts to achieve sustainable development objectives have intensified. In this regard, the results of this volume can contribute significantly to the ongoing policy debate and efforts to design strategies for achieving sustainable development goals and related efforts to address land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

Engineering Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence

Author : Herb Kunze
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000907899
Total Pages : 717 pages
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Annotated Archive of Diffusion References

Author : William D. Crano
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Total Pages : 490 pages
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Handbook of Stress in the Occupations

Author : Janice Langan-Fox
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857931156
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Agriculture 5.0

Author : Latief Ahmad
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000364410
Total Pages : 243 pages
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Rural Extension, Education and Training Abstracts

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Soft Computing and Optimization Techniques for Sustainable Agriculture

Author : Debesh Mishra
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110745372
Total Pages : 218 pages
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