Factors influencing farmers’ adoption of modern rice technologies and good management practices in the Philippines

Marc Jim Mariano, Renato Villano () and Euan Fleming

Agricultural Systems, 2012, vol. 110, issue C, 41-53

Abstract: We employ binary logit and Poisson estimators to model socioeconomic, institutional and environmental factors influencing the adoption of certified seeds, in particular, and integrated crop management practices, in general, in rice production in the Philippines. Estimates of factors influencing adoption are reasonably consistent between the two models but some differences are noted, particularly with respect to soil deficiencies and risk aversion. Results were found to be consistent between models in terms of the positive impacts on the adoption of certified seed technology and integrated crop management practices of farmers’ education, machinery ownership, irrigation water supply, capacity-enhancement activities and profit-oriented behavior. Conversely, soil and nutrient deficiencies are impediments to their adoption. Extension-related variables have the biggest impact on technology adoption.

Keywords: Adoption; Modern rice technologies; Philippines; Good management practices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.03.010

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