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Adoption and continued use of hybrid rice: Case of Haryana State, India

Kim, Jiae LU (2017) EKHM52 20171
Department of Economic History
Abstract
India’s productivity of rice production lags behind China’s. Given its status as global food supplier, it is not only national but also world’s concern. As part of an effort to improve rice productivity, India increased investments in research on breeding, which has resulted in many new varieties with higher yield suitable and available for Indian farmers. Despite the effort to encourage hybrid rice adoption, the rate of adoption of the technology remains low because of both insufficient adoption and high rate of disadoption. This calls for more research focused on socioeconomic factors influencing the adoption decision and continued use of hybrid rice. Hence, this study investigated the socioeconomic determinants of adoption and continued... (More)
India’s productivity of rice production lags behind China’s. Given its status as global food supplier, it is not only national but also world’s concern. As part of an effort to improve rice productivity, India increased investments in research on breeding, which has resulted in many new varieties with higher yield suitable and available for Indian farmers. Despite the effort to encourage hybrid rice adoption, the rate of adoption of the technology remains low because of both insufficient adoption and high rate of disadoption. This calls for more research focused on socioeconomic factors influencing the adoption decision and continued use of hybrid rice. Hence, this study investigated the socioeconomic determinants of adoption and continued use decision of hybrid rice among farming households in Haryana State, India. (Less)
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author
Kim, Jiae LU
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organization
course
EKHM52 20171
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Adoption, Continued use, Technology, Hybrid rice, Probit, Heckman Probit
language
English
id
8919343
date added to LUP
2017-06-29 13:37:41
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2017-06-29 13:37:41
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  abstract     = {{India’s productivity of rice production lags behind China’s. Given its status as global food supplier, it is not only national but also world’s concern. As part of an effort to improve rice productivity, India increased investments in research on breeding, which has resulted in many new varieties with higher yield suitable and available for Indian farmers. Despite the effort to encourage hybrid rice adoption, the rate of adoption of the technology remains low because of both insufficient adoption and high rate of disadoption. This calls for more research focused on socioeconomic factors influencing the adoption decision and continued use of hybrid rice. Hence, this study investigated the socioeconomic determinants of adoption and continued use decision of hybrid rice among farming households in Haryana State, India.}},
  author       = {{Kim, Jiae}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Adoption and continued use of hybrid rice: Case of Haryana State, India}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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