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Rural roads, agricultural extension, and productivity

Journal of Development Economics, 2023
Low agricultural productivity is a persistent challenge for developing economies. Two policy innovations that have attracted significant attention include the expansion of rural roads and agricultural extension services that facilitate access to ...
Mesay M. Gebresilasse
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Factors affecting adoption of digital payments by semi-rural Indian women: extension of UTAUT-2 with self-determination theory and perceived credibility

Aslib Journal of Information Management, 2021
PurposeThe aim of this research is to investigate the factors influencing the adoption of digital payments by the semi-rural women in India.Design/methodology/approachThe study extended the factors of unified theory of acceptance and use of technology ...
Rishi Manrai, Utkarsh Goel, P. Yadav
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Exploring drivers of behavioral willingness to use clean energy to reduce environmental emissions in rural China: An extension of the UTAUT2 model

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
In the context of the dual-carbon target, the adoption of clean energy in rural areas is an important basis for achieving effective carbon reduction in rural areas.
S. Yin, Yiran Wang, Yijie Liu, Shuo Wang
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Helping the Helpless: Contribution of Rural Extension Services to Smallholder Farmers’ Climate Change Adaptive Capacity and Adaptation in Rural Ghana

International Journal of Rural Management, 2019
While there is no doubt that extension services play an active role in promoting smallholder farmers’ adaptive capacity and adaptation to climate change, there is a dearth of information and research on how this institution champions climate change ...
Peter Asare-Nuamah, E. Botchway, J. Onumah   +2 more
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Low cost, highly reliable rural electrification through a combination of grid extension and local renewable energy generation

Sustainable cities and society, 2018
Globally, 1.2 billion people have yet to be granted access to electricity. Another 2.4 billion receive an intermittent electrical supply due to undersized and unreliable rural power grids.
F. Robert, S. Gopalan
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