Understanding the process of agricultural technology adoption: mineral fertilizer in eastern DR Congo

Isabel Lambrecht, Bernard Vanlauwe, Roel Merckx and Miet Maertens

No 157388, Working Papers from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Centre for Agricultural and Food Economics

Abstract: While there is a large literature on agricultural technology adoption, evidence from the poorest countries is still lacking and the decision-making process of farmers is still poorly understood. We empirically analyze mineral fertilizer adoption among poor and food insecure smallholder farmers in South-Kivu, eastern DR Congo, after its introduction by a research and extension program. We disentangle the adoption process in an awareness step, a tryout decision, and a continued adoption decision. We show that variables commonly used to explain agricultural technology adoption, and the different program interventions, have a different impact on the different steps in the adoption process.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.157388

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