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Drivers and intensity of adoption of digital agricultural services by smallholder farmers in Ghana

Heliyon, 2023
The penetration of digital technologies to enhance market participation by farmers, and intensify farmers' access to support services such as finance, farm inputs, and agricultural production information is on the rise in developing countries.
Licarion Kunwedomo Miine, Angela Dziedzom Akorsu, Owusu Boampong, Shaibu Bukari   +3 more
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Adoption of drought tolerant maize varieties and farmers’ access to credit in Nigeria: Implications on productivity

Sustainable Futures, 2023
In this study, we examined the determinants of choice of variety including DTMV, local variety and combination of the two varieties using multivariate probit model.
Adetomiwa Kolapo, Opeyemi Abdulmumin Muhammed, Adeyera James Kolapo, Damilola Ezekiel Olowolafe, Abigeal Ikeoluwa Eludire, Adekunle John Didunyemi, Kayode Falana, Ifeoluwa Deborah Osungbure   +7 more
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Prospects and constraints in smallholder farmers' adoption of multiple soil carbon enhancing practices in Western Kenya

Heliyon, 2020
Most smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are adversely affected by low soil fertility, land degradation and climate change-related shocks such as drought. These problems lead to low productivity and low household income.
George Magambo Kanyenji, Willis Oluoch-Kosura, Cecilia Moraa Onyango, Stanley Karanja Ng'ang'a   +3 more
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Determinants of Market Outlet Choices of Tef Producers in Western Ethiopia: Evidence of Multivariate Probit Model

Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2022
This study was required to assess the existing tef market outlets and examine factors affecting market outlet choices among smallholder tef producers in western Ethiopia. For this study qualitative and quantitative data were collected from tef producers.
Kifle Degefa, Getachew Biru, Galmessa Abebe   +2 more
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Do agricultural extension services promote adoption of soil and water conservation practices? Evidence from Northern Ghana

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2022
Agricultural environment in many developing economies has become increasingly unpredictable in recent decades as a result of climate change, increasing the risk of crop failure.
Gideon Danso-Abbeam
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Factors affecting market outlet choice of wheat producers in North Gondar Zone, Ethiopia

Agriculture & Food Security, 2018
Background Selecting the appropriate channels to deliver farm products is not an easy task because there are various factors that affect producers to select such relevant channels.
Abebe Birara Dessie, Tadie Mirie Abate, Taye Melese Mekie   +2 more
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Perception to Adaptation of Climate Change in Nepal: An Empirical Analysis Using Multivariate Probit Model

Sci, 2020
This study assessed farmers’ perception of climate change, and estimated the determinants of, and evaluated the relationship among, adaptation practices using the multivariate probit model. A survey in 300 agricultural households was carried out covering
Arun GC, Jun-Ho Yeo
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Factors affecting market outlet choices of pepper producers in Wonberma district, Northwest Ethiopia: multivariate probit approach

Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2018
Pepper is an important cash crop for its contribution to income-generating, employment opportunity and improvement of food security to the majority of the rural households.
Gizachew Wosene, Mengistu Ketema, Alelign Ademe   +2 more
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Complementarities of R&D strategies on innovation performance: Evidence from Taiwanese manufacturing firms

Technological and Economic Development of Economy, 2014
This paper aims to empirically test the R&D complementarities among three alternative R&D strategies, namely, internal R&D, external R&D and cooperative R&D, under different measures of innovation output.
Eric S. Lin, Yi-Chi Hsiao, Hui-lin Lin
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Modelling of Correlated Ordinal Responses, by Using Multivariate Skew Probit with Different Types of Variance Covariance Structures [PDF]

Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran, 2019
In this paper, a multivariate fundamental skew probit (MFSP) model is used to model correlated ordinal responses which are constructed from the multivariate fundamental skew normal (MFSN) distribution originate to the greater flexibility of MFSN.
Mohammad Reza Zadkarami, Mohammad Reza ghalani   +1 more
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