Information Acquisition and Adoption of Organic Farming Practices

By Margarita Genius, C. Pantzios, Vangelis Tzouvelekas. 2006

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Crop diversification as a smallholder livelihood strategy within semi-arid agricultural systems near Mount Kenya (2015, methodology): “…2008), the use of cover crops (e.g. Neill nd Lee, 2001), and the use of organic input or low-input practices e.g. Saltiel et al., 1994; Clay et al., 1998; Parra López and Calatrava equena, 2005; Genius et al., 2006) have assembled their analyes utilizing previous research on technology adoption.”
Factors Influencing Adoption of Sustainable Farming Practices in Europe: A Systemic Review of Empirical Literature (2020, background): “[57] found a negative effect of drier weather on organic farming adoption in Crete, which is a Greek island located in the Mediterranean Sea.”
Technical efficiency and conversion to organic farming: the case of France (2014, background): “For example, Genius et al. (2006) find that the number of years of education increased the probability to convert to OT by Cretan farmers in 1996-1997. Gardebroek (2003) also indicates a positive effect of education on the conversion probability for Dutch dairy farms in 1994-1999. Similarly, Koeslin”
Effects of social network factors on information acquisition and adoption of improved groundnut varieties: the case of Uganda and Kenya (2014, background): “, semi-arid region) determine farmers’ adoption behavior (Feder et al. 1985; Genius et al. 2006).”
Effect of Agricultural Extension Program on Smallholders' Farm Productivity: Evidence from Three Peasant Associations in the Highlands of Ethiopia (2013, result): “This result is consistent with studies reported by Genius et al. (2006).”
Adoption and abandonment of organic farming: an empirical investigation of the Irish drystock sector. (2010, unknown): “ Due to better knowledge about the environment in which decisions are made (Genius et al, 2006), farming experience (farmex) was expected to have a negative impact on the hazard to exit.”
Spatial dependence in the adoption of organic drystock farming in Ireland (2015, result): “…attitude by one standard deviation raises the probability of adoption of this farmer by 16.2%, while it also impacts on the adoption of nearby farmers, with a cumulative indirect effect of attitude is in line with previous findings in the literature (Burton et al., 2003; Genius et al., 2006).”
Spatial patterns of organic agriculture adoption: Evidence from Honduras (2014, background): “Several adoption studies yield evidence for the importance of information access and particularly the role of informal information sources for organic farmers (Burton et al., 1999; Genius et al., 2006;Morone et al., 2006) and the relevance of motivational factors such as environmental concern for th”