Social capital and the decision to adopt new technology among rice farmers in the Philippines

Social capital and the decision to adopt new technology among rice farmers in the Philippines

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Conventional models predict that a rational farmer, given information of higher profits from a new technology relative to the old, would shift to the new technology. However, evidence abounds to the contrary. In the Philippines, the periods of sustained increase in rice yield have always coincided w...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Philippine Journal of Development 37, 1 (2010).
Main Author: Edillon, Rosemarie G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Infrastructure (Economics) > Philippines.
Rice farmers > Philippines.
Agricultural innovations > Philippines.
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