Technology Adoption in Standard Setting Organizations: A Model of Exclusion with Complementary Inputs and Hold-Up

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuele Tarantino
Keyword(s):  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Standard Setting ◽  
Complementary Inputs

scholarly journals The Impacts of Farmer Field School Training on Knowledge and Farm Technology Adoption: Evidence from Smallholder Maize Farmers in Oromia, Ethiopia

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Admassu Tesso Huluka ◽  
Workneh Negatu
Keyword(s):  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Enabling Factors ◽  
Farmer Field School ◽  
Field School ◽  
Ethiopian Government ◽  
Complementary Inputs ◽  
The Impact

<p><em>This study examines the impact of Farmer Field School (FFS) training program on farmers’ knowledge and farm technology adoption. The FFS program was sponsored by the Ethiopian government and launched in 2010. The study aims to compare the impact of the training on knowledge and agricultural technology adoption of those FFS graduate and non-FFS graduate maize farmers in Oromia, Ethiopia. For this, data was collected in 2013 from 446 randomly selected households of three districts consisting of 218 FFS graduate farmers and 228 non-FFS graduate farmers. The analytical procedure has involved two stages: in the first stage, descriptive analysis was used to detect existence of difference in the household and farm characteristics of the two groups of farmers. In the second stage, a semi-parametric impact evaluation method of propensity score matching with several matching algorithms was employed to estimate the program impacts. The result reveals that although FFS graduate farmers have relatively higher knowledge test score than the non-FFS gradate farmers, farm technology adoption index of the later farmer group exceeds the former groups. This finding suggests that there is no necessarily linear relationship between increased knowledge and increased technology adoption. This further implies that the mental attitude of the smallholder farmers in study area is not actually shaped by misconceptions of technology as claimed by the Ethiopian government, but rather because of their firm understanding of what works and does not work according to their own realities. The policy implication of this finding is that knowledge can be translated into practices if a set of enabling factors and conditions exist. These factors including farmers’ positive perception of the technology benefits, access to complementary inputs, availability of crop insurance scheme, arrangement of credit facilities and favorable output markets as incentive for adopting full technologies.</em><em></em></p>

FAKTOR KESIAPAN DAN ADOPSI TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI DALAM KONTEKS TEKNOLOGI SERTA LINGKUNGAN PADA UMKM DI JAKARTA

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asrul Sani ◽  
Ninuk Wiliani
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Technology Readiness ◽  
Business Sector ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Information Technology Adoption ◽  
Technology Adoption Model ◽  
Adoption Model

Use of information technology in general is very important for the development of the organization. Likewise, if the development of information technology can be applied to the small and medium business sector, so that it can increase the selling value of the sector. This research was conducted to answer the readiness of the SMEs sector in adopting information technology developments in business management. In this case the researcher develops the research model by adopting the technology readiness model and information technology adoption model in the context of technology and environment, combining and adjusting it according to the development of SMEs in Jakarta. This quantitative study involved 67 samples from MSME workers. Data was processed and analyzed using the PLS-SEM method using SmartPLS 2.0 software. The study also explained the results of the readiness factor which has a significant relationship to the utilization of information technology in SMEs in Jakarta

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document