TY  - CPAPER 
AB  - Slow adoption rates of Agricultural technologies continue to beset Africa’s food insecurity reduction efforts and economic development generally.  Household survey data and focus group discussions were used to identify determinants of adoption of tissue culture bananas among smallholder farmers in Western Kenya. Logit analysis shows that gender, off-farm employment, household size, education level, age, land size, off farm income and extension services had significant influence on adoption of tissue culture banana production. More significant is sustainable access to Tissue culture plantlets which is a crucial input. Successful interventions should target youth, women famers and access to extension information. Policies targeting land consolidation will also help increase technology adoption.
AU  - Langat, B.K.
AU  - Ngéno, V.K.
AU  - Nyangweso, Philip M.
AU  - Mutwol, M. J.
AU  - Gohole, L.
AU  - Yaninek, S.
DA  - 2013
DA  - 2013
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.161444
DO  - doi
ID  - 161444
KW  - International Development
KW  - Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
KW  - Tissue culture banana
KW  - Technology adoption
KW  - Subsistence Economy
KW  - Western Kenya
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/161444/files/Drivers%20of%20Technology%20Adoption.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/161444/files/Drivers%20of%20Technology%20Adoption.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/161444/files/Drivers%20of%20Technology%20Adoption.pdf
LA  - eng
LA  - English
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/161444/files/Drivers%20of%20Technology%20Adoption.pdf
N2  - Slow adoption rates of Agricultural technologies continue to beset Africa’s food insecurity reduction efforts and economic development generally.  Household survey data and focus group discussions were used to identify determinants of adoption of tissue culture bananas among smallholder farmers in Western Kenya. Logit analysis shows that gender, off-farm employment, household size, education level, age, land size, off farm income and extension services had significant influence on adoption of tissue culture banana production. More significant is sustainable access to Tissue culture plantlets which is a crucial input. Successful interventions should target youth, women famers and access to extension information. Policies targeting land consolidation will also help increase technology adoption.
PY  - 2013
PY  - 2013
T1  - Drivers of Technology Adoption in a Subsistence Economy: The case of Tissue Culture Bananas in Western Kenya
TI  - Drivers of Technology Adoption in a Subsistence Economy: The case of Tissue Culture Bananas in Western Kenya
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/161444/files/Drivers%20of%20Technology%20Adoption.pdf
Y1  - 2013
ER  -