Liniger, Hanspeter (author) and Schwilch, Gudrun (author)
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2010-09-14
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 178 Document Number: C30709
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Paper presented at Tropentag 2010, Conference on International Research on Food Security, Natural Resource Management and Rural Development, Zurich, Switzerland, September 14-16, 2010. 1 page.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C35845
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Pages 231-244 in D. Michael Warren, L. Jan Slikkerveer and David Brokensha (eds.), The cultural dimension of development: indigenous knowledge systems. Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd., London, England. 582 pages.
Agricultural Economics (Amsterdam, Netherlands), GIS-derived measures of location and space have increasingly been used in models of land use and ecology. However, they have made few inroads into the literature on technology adoption in developing countries, which continues to rely mainly on survey-derived information. Location, with all its dimensions of market access, demographics and agro-climate, nevertheless remains key to understanding potential for technology use. The measures of location typically used in the adoption literature, such as locational dummy variables that proxy a range of locational factors, now appear relatively crude given the increased availability of more explicit GIS-derived measures. This paper attempts to demonstrate the usefulness of integrating GIS-measures into analysis of technology uptake, for better differentiating and understanding locational effects. A set of GIS-derived measures of market access and agro-climate are included in a standard household model of technology uptake, applied to smallholder dairy farms in Kenya, using a sample of 3330 geo-referenced farm households. The three technologies examined are keeping of dairy cattle, planting of specialised fodder, and use of concentrate feed. Logit estimations are conducted that significantly differentiate effects of individual household characteristics from those related to location. The predicted values of the locational variables are then used to make spatial predictions of technology potential. Comparisons are made with estimations based only on survey data, which demonstrate that while overall explanatory power may not improve with GIS-derived variables, the latter yield more practical interpretations, which is further demonstrated through predictions of technology uptake change with a shift in infrastructure policy. Although requiring large geo-referenced data sets and high resolution GIS layers, the methodology demonstrates the potential to better unravel the multiple effects of location on farmer decisions on technology and land use.
Beer, J. (author / Investigator, Tropical Agricultural Centre for Research and Training, Turrialba, Costa Rica) and Investigator, Tropical Agricultural Centre for Research and Training, Turrialba, Costa Rica
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1984
Published:
UK
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 54 Document Number: C01046
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Phase 2; Evans, In: Moeller, G.H. and Seal, D.T., eds., Technology transfer in forestry : proceedings of a meeting of the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations, subject group s608; 1983 25 July - 1 August. London : Great Britain Forestry Commission, 1984. (Forestry Commission Bulletin No. 61) p. 43-46.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20156
Notes:
Pages 26-33 in Stuart U. Rich (ed.,) Public relations in an era of public involvement: challenge for the timber industry. University of Oregon Press, Eugene, Oregon. 104 pages., Speaker reports on efforts of the Forest Service to make "new efforts to find better ways to obtain public involvement - at an adequate level and early enough to be helpful." Describes use of listening sessions, involvement sessions and other techniques
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C20157
Notes:
Pages 33-40 in Stuart U. Rich (ed.,) Public relations in an era of public involvement: challenge for the timber industry. University of Oregon Press, Eugene, Oregon. 104 pages., Emphasizes need for "genuine two-way communication with concerned groups of citizens" rather than attempts to "sell" current forestry practices. Describes a public information program involving "roadless areas," with communications efforts guided by pub
