Adoption Of Technology

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This chapter reviews relevant literature on the determinants of the adoption and intensity of adoption of improved agricultural technologies, the impact of the adoption of these technologies on income among farm households and impact evaluation. The intention is to make synthesis of previous studies and also ascertain relevant gaps in the literature that can be filled with empirical research. The review has considered numerous issues with focus on adoption of technology, farmers’ perception about improved technologies, factors that determine farm household’s adoption decision, impact of technology adoption on income and impact of improved technology adoption on market participation. It also focuses on the analysis of theoretical review of previous studies in order to choose appropriate data analysis methods.

2.2 Adoption of Technology
Adoption of technologies has been widely defined. Adoption can be defined as the continued use of a recommended idea or practice by individuals over a reasonable long period of time and the adoption is not a permanent behavior (Doss, 2003). Accordin...

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