@article{Adesina:173671,
      recid = {173671},
      author = {Adesina, Akinwumi A. and Baidu-Forson, Jojo},
      title = {Farmers' perceptions and adoption of new agricultural  technology: evidence from analysis in Burkina Paso and  Guinea, West Mrica},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics: The Journal of the International  Association of Agricultural Economists},
      address = {1995-10},
      number = {968-2016-75243},
      pages = {10},
      year = {1995},
      abstract = {Economists investigating consumer demand have accumulated  considerable evidence showing that consumers
generally have  subjective preferences for characteristics of products and  that their demand for products is
significantly affected by  their perceptions of the product's attributes. However, the  role of farmers' preferences in
adoption decisions have  received very limited attention in adoption studies  conducted by economists. This paper
tests the hypothesis  that farmers' perceptions of technology characteristics  significantly affect their adoption
decisions. The  analysis, conducted with Tobit models of modern sorghum and  rice varietal technologies in Burkina
Paso and Guinea,  respectively, strongly supports this hypothesis. Our  results provide a strong case for future
adoption studies  to expand the range of variables used away from the broad  socio-economic, demographic and
institutional factors to  include farmers' subjective perceptions of the  characteristics of new agricultural technologies.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/173671},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.173671},
}