How quickly do farmers adopt technology? A duration analysis

In: Precision agriculture '19
Authors:
T.W. Griffin Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.

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E.A. Yeager Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.

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843–849
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-888-9_104

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Precision technologies have been available at the farm level for decades. Some technologies have been readily adopted while others lagged. Analysis of 526 Kansas farms provided insights regarding duration of adoption. The lag, in years, between technologies becoming commercially available and adopted were evaluated using non-parametric duration analysis. Duration for embodied- knowledge technologies were statistically sooner than for information-intensive technologies, indicating farmers adopt automated guidance ‘quicker’ than yield monitors. Duration was indirectly (directly) proportional to commercialization date of embodied-knowledge (information-intensive) technology. Results are useful to farmers considering adoption, retailers targeting customers, and manufacturers managing supply chains.

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Cover Precision agriculture '19
E-Book ISBN:
9789086868889
Publisher:
Wageningen Academic
Print Publication Date:
08 Jul 2019
Front Matter
Section 1 – Precision agriculture
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Section 2 – Precision horticulture
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Section 3 – Precision viticulture
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Section 4 – Precision crop protection
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Section 5 – Proximal and remote sensing of soil and crop
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Section 6 – Applications of unmanned aerial systems
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Section 7 – Satellite-based applications for precision agriculture
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Section 8 – Site-specific nutrient, lime and seed management
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Section 9 – Site-specific canopy and harvest quality
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Section 10 – Precision pasture management
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Section 11 – Drainage optimization and variable rate irrigation
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Section 12 – Geostatistics, mapping and spatial data analysis
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Section 13 – Robotics, guidance and automation
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Section 14 – Economics of precision agriculture
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Section 15 – Adoption of precision agriculture
Section 16 – Small farms/small holders and precision agriculture
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Section 17 – On farm experimentation with site-specific technologies
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Section 18 – Software and mobile apps for precision agriculture
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Section 19 – Decision support for precision agriculture
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Section 20 – Data mining for precision agriculture
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