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  Agricultural EconomicsVolume 35 Issue 3, Pages 373 - 388 Published Online: 22 Nov 2006 © 2010 International Association of Agricultural Economists Published on behalf of the International Association of Agricultural Economists
Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 191K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  The complex dynamics of smallholder technology adoption: the case of SRI in Madagascar Copyright 2006 International Association of Agricultural Economists KEYWORDS O0 • Q0 KEYWORDS Technology adoption • Learning • The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) • Conformity effects Abstract
This article explores the dynamics of smallholder technology adoption, with particular reference to a high-yielding, low external input rice production method in Madagascar. We present a simple model of technology adoption by farm households in an environment of incomplete financial and land markets. We then use a probit model and symmetrically censored least squares estimation of a dynamic tobit model to analyze the decisions to adopt, expand, and disadopt the method. We find that seasonal liquidity constraints discourage adoption by poorer farmers. Learning effects—both from extension agents and from other farmers—exert significant influence over adoption decisions. Received 5 October 2004; received in revised form 1 December 2005; accepted 1 February 2006 | 
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