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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 112 Document Number: C10848
Journal Title Details:
pp. 137-148
Notes:
Chapter V in book "Impacts of Technology on U.S. Cropland and Rangeland Productivity", Congress of The United States, Office of Technology Assessment, Washington, D. C. 20510, 1982
Wickramasinghe, L. (author / Agrarian Research and Training Institute, Sri Lanka)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1982
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 104 Document Number: C09036
Notes:
FAO Economic and Social Development Series. No. 24. 1981 Training for Agriculture and Rural Development . Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome 1982. 15-24.
