@article{Tian:139647,
      recid = {139647},
      author = {Tian, Jing-na and Li, Lu-tang},
      title = {Factors Influencing Willingness and Ability of Farmers to  Adopt New Technologies: A Case Study of Guanzhong Area},
      journal = {Asian Agricultural Research},
      address = {2012-07},
      number = {1812-2016-143019},
      pages = {5},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {Based on data of 248 rural households in Pucheng County  and Huxian County, we established the Two-Level Logit Model  to analyze the willingness of farmers to adopt new  technologies, its influence factors, and probability of  successful adoption of new technologies. Results show that  the willingness has positive correlation with whether the  farmer is head of household, the educational level,  occupation, agricultural loan, the number of family labor,  and information dissemination channel, while it has  negative correlation with non-agricultural employment  proportion and whether the farmer is village cadre. In the  model of the probability of farmers’ successfully adopting  new technologies, occupation, agricultural loan, planting  area, gender and educational level are positively  correlated, while age and non-agricultural employment  proportion are negatively correlated. Large-scale flow of  rural labor plays a negative role in popularization of  technologies in rural areas through influencing factors,  including number of family labor, non-agricultural  employment proportion, educational level, gender, and  whether the farmer is village cadre. Finally, on the basis  of results of empirical study, we put forward  countermeasures and suggestions for strengthening ability  of farmers to adopt new technologies.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/139647},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.139647},
}