Adoption of agricultural innovations in risky environment:the case of corn producers in the west of Cameroon

Prisca Koncy Fosso () and Roger Tsafack Nanfosso
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Prisca Koncy Fosso: Faculty of Economic Sciences and Applied Management,University of Douala, CA-4032 Douala, Cameroon
Roger Tsafack Nanfosso: Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Yaoundé,CA-1365 Yaoundé, Cameroon

Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, 2016, vol. 97, issue 1, 51-62

Abstract: The use of modern agricultural inputs has been cit-ed as a major factor for increasing productivity in most sub-Saharan African countries. A wide range of variables influ-ence the adoption of such inputs. It is important to identifythese variables in order to ensure the implementation of moreeffective programmes to promote the use of modern inputs.This article examines the determinants of adoption of threenew agricultural technologies (improved maize seeds, inor-ganic fertiliser and pesticide) by corn producers in the westof Cameroon. Rather than the univariate probit model which iscommonly used, the multivariate probit model is employed totake account of the correlation between the disturbances of thethree adoption models. The results indicate that the decision toadopt agricultural innovations is significantly influenced byfarmers’education, income and risk perception as well as farmsize. Therefore, policies aimed at setting up sustainable riskmanagement markets, increasing the level of education offarmers and their access to credit could greatly promote theadoption of agricultural innovations by farmers of Cameroonin general and in the western region in particular.

Keywords: Adoption; of; agricultural; innovations.Cameroon.Multivariate; probit; model.Risks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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