Role of rural institutions in the diffusion of agricultural innovations in Sri Lanka

Herath Hmg.

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper on the role of rural institutions in the diffusion of agricultural technology, and innovations in Sri Lanka - based on a sample survey, discusses the effects of farm size, tenancy, farmer age, education, etc., on productivity, profits and tractor and labour use; examines the access to green revolution technology, agricultural credit, fertilizer and agricultural markets; includes agricultural policy suggestions. Bibliography.

Keywords: rural institution; agricultural technology; innovation; sample; survey.; farm size.; tenancy; farmer.; age.; education.; productivity.; profit; tractor; green revolution; agricultural credit; fertilizer; agricultural market; agricultural policy; institution rurale; technologie agricole; institución rural; tecnología agrícola; échantillon; enquête; dimension de la ferme; fermage; agriculteur; âge; éducation; productivité; profit; tracteur; révolution verte; crédit agricole; engrais; marché agricole; politique agricole; muestra; encuesta; tamaño de la explotación; arrendamiento; agricultor; edad; educación; productividad; utilidad; tractor; revolución verde; crédito agrícola; abono; mercado agrícola; política agraria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 77 P. pages
Date: 1983
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 2-22, Technology and Employment Programme

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/1983/83B09_28_engl.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ilo:ilowps:992220103402676

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Vesa Sivunen ().