Feder, Gershon (author), Just, Richard E. (author), and Zilberman, David (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1982
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 51 Document Number: C00566
Notes:
AgComm Teaching, Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 1982. 65 p. (World Bank Staff Working papers No. 542), Reviews various studies which have provided a description of and possible explanation to patterns of innovation adoption in the agricultural sector. Covers both empirical and theoretical studies. Highlights the diversity in observed patterns among various farmers' classes as well as difference in results from different studies in different socio-economic environments, and reviews the attempts to rationalize such findings. Special attention is given to the methodologies which are commonly used in studies of innovation adoption and suggestions for improvements of such work through the use of appropriate econometric methods are provided.
Njoku, Jude E. (author / Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1990
Published:
Nigeria
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 90 Document Number: C06439
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Morrilton, AR : Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, 1990. 17 p. (African Rural Social Science Series, Research Report Number 10)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05231
Notes:
INTERPAKS, Minneapolis, MN: Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, June 1973. (staff paper P73-16). 48 p., The design of a successful agricultural development strategy involves a unique combination of technical and institutional change. It involves technical innovations capable of generating substantial new income flows. It also involves an adaptive response on the part of cultural, political, and economic institutions to realize the growth potential opened up by the new technical opportunities. This paper attempts to show how the addition of an induces innovation perspective can enrich our understanding of the process of technology transfer in agricultural development. It also attempts to extend the induced innovation perspective to the process of institutional transfer.
