Factors preventing the adoption of agricultural technology among banana and plantain growers: A mapping review of recent literature
It is believed that improved agricultural technology adoption, such as using improved seed varieties, fertilizer application could stimulate the changeover from the presently low productivity, peasant, and subsistence farming to commercial farming which is able to produce surpluses. However, the...
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| Language: | English |
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2019
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6227/1/FH02-FBIM-19-26304.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/6227/ |
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| Summary: | It is believed that improved agricultural technology adoption, such as using improved
seed varieties, fertilizer application could stimulate the changeover from the presently low
productivity, peasant, and subsistence farming to commercial farming which is able to produce
surpluses. However, the rate of adoption of these technologies in developing countries has
remained low. This paper aims at shedding some light on the potential factors that preventing
agricultural technology adoption among Banana and Plantain growers. It does so by reviewing
previous studies done on technology adoption. Technological, economic, institutional factors and
social factors are found to be the determinants of agricultural adoption. Therefore, this review paper
has the aim to identify the factors preventing the adoption of Agricultural technology in recent
Literature. Twenty articles were selected from (2013 onward) upon screening and mapping review
was conducted. The reviewed paper on adoption to widen the range of variables used by including
Subsidy policy and cost of technology towards new technology. |
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