Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 103 Document Number: C08909
Notes:
In V. Kumble (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Development and Transfer of Technology for Rainfed Agriculture and the SAT farmer. august 28 - September 1 1979. Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. 83-88
Gutkind, Efraim (author) and Zilberman, David (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1980
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07435
Notes:
INTERPAKS, Berkeley, CA: Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, University of California, 1980. (working paper no. 159.) 18 p., Empirical works found that the rate of diffusion of new technology is an S-shaped function of time. The prevailing theoretical explanation of these observations treats diffusion of a continuous process of imitation or communication among adopters. Introduces an alternative model for the adoption of new processes by industry based on microeconomic theory. Demonstrates that S-shaped diffusion curves can be explained by profit maximation, increasing returns to scale of the new technology, the dynamics of input prices, and the size distribution of forms within an industry. The analysis can be applied to the diffusion of new technology among agricultural firms.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 103 Document Number: C08908
Notes:
In V. Kumble (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Development and Transfer of Technology for Rainfed Agriculture and the SAT farmer. august 28 - September 1 1979. Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. 93-101
Gostyla, Lynn (author), Whyte, William F. (author), and Cornell University; Cornell University
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1980-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 78 Document Number: C04381
Notes:
INTERPAKS Collection, Ithaca, NY : Rural Development Committee, Center for International Studies, Cornell University, 1980. 48 p. (Special Series on Agriculture Research and Extension No. 3)
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 103 Document Number: C08907
Notes:
In V. Kumble (Ed.), Proceedings of the International Symposium on Development and Transfer of Technology for Rainfed Agriculture and the SAT farmer. august 28 - September 1 1979. Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics. 73-81
