@article{Kassie:126791,
      recid = {126791},
      author = {Kassie, Menale and Jaleta, Moti and Shiferaw, Bekele A.  and Mmbando, Frank and Mekuria, Mulugetta},
      title = {Interdependence in Farmer Technology Adoption Decisions in  Smallholder Systems: Joint Estimation of Investments in  Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Rural Tanzania},
      address = {2012},
      number = {1007-2016-79723},
      series = {Paper},
      pages = {54},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {Soil fertility depletion is considered one of the main  biophysical limiting factors for increasing per capita food  production for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa.  The adoption and diffusion of sustainable agricultural  practices (SAPs), as a way to tackle this challenge, has  become an important issue in the development policy agenda  in the region. This paper examines the adoption decisions  for SAPs, using recent primary data of multiple plot-level  observations collected in 4 districts and 60 villages of  rural Tanzania. The paper employs a multivariate probit  technique to model simultaneous interdependent adoption  decisions by farm households. The analysis reveals that  rainfall, insects and disease shocks, government  effectiveness in provision of extension services, tenure  status of plot, social capital, plot location and size, and  household assets, all influence farmer investment in SAPs.  Policies that target SAPs and are aimed at 1 Corresponding  author: Menale Kassie: m.kassie@cgiar.org. Tel: 254(20) 722  4628; Fax : 254(20) 7224600. 2 organizing farmers into  associations, improving land tenure security, and enhancing  skills of civil servants can increase uptake of SAPs in  smallholder systems.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/126791},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.126791},
}