Adoption of hand tractor technology in terrace farming: Evidence from the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH), Pakistan
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41340%2F23%3A97411" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41340/23:97411 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14150" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14150</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14150" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14150</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Adoption of hand tractor technology in terrace farming: Evidence from the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH), Pakistan
Original language description
Adoption of improved agricultural technologies can help achieve the two Sustainable Develop-ment Goals (SDGs) of no poverty and zero hunger by 2030. This study investigates the de-terminants of farmers' adoption of hand tractors in the HKH region of Pakistan using binary logit model. We also examine what facilitates and what impedes the adoption of hand tractor adoption using key informant interviews. Results show that household head education, farming experience, knowledge of hand tractor use, access to credit, extension contact, and trust in technology positively affect the adoption of hand tractor; however farm size is negatively related. The findings reveal that ethnic conflicts, political conflicts, elite capture in decision making, un-availability of functional community-based entities, weak extension-farmers contact, as well as weak inter-and intra-community linkages are key barriers affecting hand tractor adoption. Similarly, observed changes on neighbors' fields, experiencing hand tractor on trial basis, communication networks, risk observations, and trust propensities motivate hand tractor adop-tion in the study region. Thus, to effectively disseminate improved agricultural technologies, policymakers should consider these factors.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40101 - Agriculture
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Heliyon
ISSN
2405-8440
e-ISSN
2405-8440
Volume of the periodical
9
Issue of the periodical within the volume
MAR 2023
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
000969522100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85149748133