Community-Based Management and Interrelations between Different Technology Adoption Decisions: Innovations in Village Poultry Farming in Western Africa

Epiphane Sodjinou () and Arne Henningsen
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Epiphane Sodjinou: Institut National des Recherches Agricoles du Benin

No 2012/11, IFRO Working Paper from University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics

Abstract: Community-based management (CBM) of village poultry aims to foster development and reduce poverty in Benin by disseminating five technologies for improving village poultry farming. We develop a theoretical model to analyze multiple technology adoption decisions that takes into account the interrelations between the technologies. Estimates from multivariate probit models indicate significant interrelations between the five adoption decisions. We show how the estimation results, and particularly the different types of marginal effects, can be utilized to deeply analyze the interrelations between adoption decisions. CBM successfully promoted the adoption of various technologies. Some adoption decisions indicate farmers’ general openness towards new technologies.

Keywords: Community-Based Management; Technology adoption; Multivariate probit; Village poultry; Benin; West Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C31 C35 O13 O14 Q12 Q16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2012-08
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