Farnsworth, R.L. (author), Kogan, M. (author), Moffitt, L.J. (author), Savaleta, L.R. (author), and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Farnsworth, Zavaleta; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Farnsworth, Zavaleta; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Farnsworth, Zavaleta; University of Illinois
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1986
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 58 Document Number: C01685
AGRICOLA IND 92014245, This paper uses the diffusion of F1 hybrid rice as a case for examining the effects of education on the adoption of new technology in China. A simple behavioral model that treats the adoption of hybrid rice as a portfolio selection problem is presented. The implications of the model are tested with farm-level data collected from a sample of 500 households in Hunan Province. The results from a dichotomous profit model and a two-limit obit model are consistent with the hypothesis that education has a positive impact on the adoption of new technology. (original)
Callahan, S. (author), Gramble, J.C. (author), Jones): L.D. (author), Moore, C.L. (author), Shuffett, D.M. (author), and University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky; University of Kentucky
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1977
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 4 Document Number: B00455
