Institutional factors and technological innovations: the case of hyv rice in Bangladesh

Mahmud W. and M. Muqtada

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Diffusion study of institutional frameworks for agricultural technology Innovation, i.e., high yielding variety rice, in Bangladesh - applies Ruttan's induced Innovation model to explain technological change; deals with land ownership, subsistence farming, use of fertilizer, cooperative farming, and linkage between technological institutes and the economic conditions and social environment of the peasant farmer. Bibliography, charts, graph and statistical tables.

Keywords: institutional framework; agricultural technology; innovation; rice; model; technological change; land ownership; subsistence farming; fertilizer; cooperative farming; technological institute.; economic conditions; social environment; peasant farmer; statistical table; cadre institutionnel; technologie agricole; innovation; riz; modèle; changement technologique; propriété foncière; agriculture de subsistance; engrais; agroexploitation coopérative; institut de technologie; conditions économiques; milieu social; paysan; tableau statistique; organización institucional; tecnología agrícola; innovación; arroz; modelo; cambio tecnológico; propiedad de la tierra; agricultura de subsistencia; abono; explotación agrícola cooperativa; instituto tecnológico; condiciones económicas; medio social; campesino; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 1 V. pages
Date: 1983
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 2-22, Technology and Employment Programme

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