@article{Dimara:174650,
      recid = {174650},
      author = {Dimara, Efthalia and Skuras, Dimitrios},
      title = {Adoption of new tobacco varieties in Greece: Impacts of  empirical findings on policy design},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics: The Journal of the International  Association of Agricultural Economists},
      address = {1998-12},
      number = {968-2016-75307},
      pages = {12},
      year = {1998},
      abstract = {Greece is a major international tobacco producer.  Flue-cured tobacco varieties constituted the major  alternative crop to
Greek farmers growing certain oriental  tobacco varieties. Diffusion of flue-cured tobacco was  rapid due to its high yields
and the depressed market for  certain oriental tobacco varieties. Currently, the common  organisation of the tobacco market
is undergoing  substantial changes, and the farmers' response will be a  vital factor of success. A portfolio selection  model
reveals that the major factors influencing the  adoption decision of tobacco growers are the size of the  farm measured in
annual work units, the farm's proximity to  urban centres, the farm's diversification and the farmer's  age. The number
of contacts with institutions is,  surprisingly, inversely related to adoption. Future tobacco  policies impinging on factors
influencing decisions to  adopt new varieties or production practices may be more  cost-effective. © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.
All rights  reserved.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/174650},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.174650},
}