Some factors affecting the adoption of hand tractors by vegetable farmers in Trinidad
1985
Clarke, W.G. (Geo. F. Huggins and Co. Ltd., Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)) | Gomes, P.I.
Thirty-five farmers from the main vegetable growing area who purchased hand tractors were interviewed along with 35 farmers who did not and who were matched with the purchasers for location of farm, ethnic background and age. A 34-question interview covered farm-related, innovation-related, personal and social variables. Agricultural training, source of information, size of farm, and perception of relative advantage were positively related to adoption of hand tractors. Size of household, use of family labour and attachment to agricultural organizations were negatively correlated. The high cost and scarcity of labour and praedial larceny were not factors affecting adoption behaviour
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