The role of education on the adoption of chemical fertiliser under different socioeconomic environments in Ethiopia

By A. Asfaw, A. Admassie. 2004

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Perceived Self-Efficacy and Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Cambodia (2015, background): “Indeed, findings elsewhere highlight the importance of education in climate change adaptation [48,49], and the need to incorporate education as a climate change strategy policy.”
Factors influencing the adaptation of farmers in response to climate change: a review (2019, background): “Gender was included in explaining the adjustments in doing business, the adoption of improved technologies or adaptive measures (Anyoha et al., 2013; Asfaw & Admassie, 2004; Nhemachena & Hassan, 2007; Tenge, De Graaff, & Hella, 2004).”
The impact of integrated aquaculture-agriculture on small-scale farms in Southern Malawi (2010, background): “In the existing literature, evidence of the relationship between formal education and agricultural technology adoption is mixed (Asfaw and Admassie, 2004; Lipton et al., 2002).”
The Role of Farming Experience on the Adoption of Agricultural Technologies: Evidence from Smallholder Farmers in Uganda (2014, background): “Although both education and extension appear to unambiguously enhance technology adoption (Asfaw & Admassie, 2004; Birkhaeuser, Evenson, & Gershon, 1991; Holloway & Ehui, 2001), the relationship between adoption of agricultural technologies and farming experience remains mixed.”
Revisiting the Role of Education for Agricultural Productivity (2013, unknown): “ 1990; Lin 1991; Asfaw and Admassie 2004; Weir and Knight 2004).”
Consumption risk, technology adoption and poverty traps (2007, background): “A host of demand and supply side factors have been invoked to explain the limited adoption of fertilizer in Ethiopia including limited knowledge and education (Asfaw and Admassie, 2004), risk preferences, credit constraints (Croppenstedt, Demeke and Meschi, 2003; Yesuf, 2005), limited profitability ”
What Impact Are EU Supermarket Standards Having on Developing Countries' Export of High-Value Horticultural Products? Evidence From Kenya (2010, background): “This is in line with the thought that an educated member of the household ‘‘confers a positive externality on the illiterate agents in the household by sharing the benefits of his or her literacy (see Asfaw & Admassie, 2004).”
Farm productivity and efficiency in rural Bangladesh: the role of education revisited (2009, background): “Nevertheless, there is some agreement in the literature that education significantly influences the adoption of technological innovations in agriculture (for e.g., Hossain et al., 1990; Asfaw and Admassie, 2004; Weir and Knight, 2004.)”
Productivity, credit, risk, and the demand for weather index insurance in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia (2013, background): “A host of demand and supply side factors have been invoked to explain the limited adoption of fertilizer in Ethiopia including limited knowledge and education (Asfaw and Admassie, 2004; Yu et al., 2011), risk preferences, credit constraints (Croppenstedt et al.”
Determinants of farmers’ choice of adaptation methods to climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia (2009, background): “Male-headed households are more likely to get information about new technologies and undertake risky businesses than female-headed households (Asfaw and Admassie, 2004).”