Household determinants of technology utilization by limited-resource rice based farmers in Trinidad
1993
Ganpat, W.G.
Designed to examine the technology utilization behaviour of limited resource rice based farmers. Found that household psychological factors were the more important determinants of the behaviour of households, with extra-household factors showing some measure of importance. The goal orientations of the households, their attitude towards the technology and their perceptions of risk associated with the technology were significantly related to the dependent variable. Utilization of the package of practices was influenced by different household factors compared to the two components examined, weed control and double cropping. Another survey using the RAAKS methodology revealed that the Agricultural Knowledge and Information system, (AKIS), was characterised by strong informal relationships which enhanced the utilization of technologies.
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