Farm technology adoption in Kenya: a simultaneous estimation of inorganic fertilizer and improved maize variety adoption decisions

Maurice Ogada (), Germano Mwabu () and Diana Muchai ()
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Dianah Ngui

Agricultural and Food Economics, 2014, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: This paper models inorganic fertilizer and improved maize varieties adoption as joint decisions. Controlling for household, plot-level, institutional and other factors, the study found that household adoption decisions on inorganic fertilizer and improved maize varieties were inter-dependent. Other factors found to influence the adoption of the two technologies were farmer characteristics, plot-level factors and market imperfections such as limited access to credit and input markets, and production risks. Thus, easing market imperfections is a pre-requisite for accelerating farm technology adoption among the smallholders. Inter-dependence of farm technologies must also not be ignored in farm technology adoption promotion initiatives. Copyright Ogada et al.; licensee Springer 2014

Keywords: Technology adoption; Simultaneous estimation; Africa; Kenya; Q10; Q16; O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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