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2. Influence of kinship arrangements of farmer innovativeness
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Carlson, John E. (author) and Dillman, Don A. (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1983
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07414
- Journal Title:
- Rural Sociology
- Journal Title Details:
- 48 (2) : 183-200
- Notes:
- INTERPAKS, Explores a frequently neglected aspect of adoption, namely how family characteristics influence utilization decision. The authors question the typical view of farmers as "individualistic actors", and direct research toward kinship arrangements, extended family networks, and group reinforcement for adoption decisions. The research centers on adoption of soil conservation practices in the Palouse are of Washington and Idaho. The findings demonstrate a definite link between kinship arrangements and adoption behavior: 1) farming with other relatives introduces additional information and opportunities for innovation; 2) two generations farming together tend to be more sensitive to future implications of production technologies. The research is limited to one area and one type of innovation, but it does raise the important issue of how the social organization of production affects adoption decisions.
3. Technology and ecology : implications for innovation research in peasant agriculture
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ashby, Jacqueline A. (author / International Ferhliser Development Center) and International Ferhliser Development Center
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1982
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 72 Document Number: C03386
- Journal Title:
- Rural Sociology
- Journal Title Details:
- 47 (2) : 234-250
- Notes:
- Phase II, Raises several questions about prevailing conception of adopters and adoption behavior. Specifically, the author argues that research has failed to take into account variations in farming environments, natural physical parameters, and the social organization of resources as factors influencing peasant farmers' adoption behavior. More attention ought to be given to the location specific constraints, characteristics and requirements of specific technologies, and to the general issue of whether identical technologies are equivalent innovations in different agro-climatic environments. Drawing on data from several villages in Nepal, the author shows that rates of adoption are location specific, that is, influenced more by agro-climatic conditions and socioeconomic organization than by inter-village differences in propensity to innovate. Ecological suitably and varying levels of farm resources have a direct effect on technology utilization.
4. The adoption of integrated pest management practices among Texas cotton growers
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Ladewig, Howard (author), McIntosh, William Alex (author), Thomas, John K. (author), and Department of Rural Sociology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1990
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 94 Document Number: C07177
- Journal Title:
- Rural Sociology
- Journal Title Details:
- 55 (3) : 395-410
- Notes:
- ERIC EJ418858
5. The differential characteristics of accepters and non-accepters of an approved technological practice
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gross, Neal (author / University of Minnesota) and University of Minnesota
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 1949
- Published:
- USA
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05130
- Journal Title:
- Rural Sociology
- Journal Title Details:
- 14 : 148-156
- Notes:
- Evans, cited reference