Imitation, rationalité et adoption de technologies d'irrigation améliorées à l'île de la Réunion

Lionel Richefort and Jean-Louis Fusillier

Economie & Prévision, 2010, vol. n° 193, issue 2, 59-73

Abstract: This article presents a theoretical framework that uses an epidemic diffusion model and a rational choice model to conceptualize the decision to adopt a given technology. We estimate both models on a sample of 114 farmers in Reunion Island. The results show that the diffusion of new drip-irrigation technology was driven by a spontaneous dynamic with collective knock-on effects. In such circumstances, subsidies may quicken diffusion. By contrast, the adoption of an improved, automation-based irrigation technology reflects a rational choice by the most diversified, best informed irrigators with the highest land/labor ratio.

Keywords: irrigation technology; epidemic diffusion; rational adoption; incentives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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