Answer to Question #219573 in Macroeconomics for Berry

Question

By referring to the figure below identify and discuss the factors that affect the adoption of new irrigation technologies.The discussion should be arranged as per the categories of factors in the conceptual framework (e.g individual factors should all be discussed under the same sub heading)

Answer 1

A variety of factors influence the extent of technology adoption, including the technology's characteristics or attributes; the adopters or clientele who are the object of change; the change agent (extension worker, professional); and the socioeconomic, biological, and physical environment in which the technology occurs. Farmers have been identified as a major impediment to progress. They are either trailblazers or laggards. Farmers' socio-psychological characteristics are significant. Adoption was positively connected to age, education attainment, income, family size, tenure position, credit utilization, value system, and beliefs. Credibility, having good relationships with farmers, intelligence, expressive ability, honesty, resourcefulness, capacity to speak with farmers, persuasiveness, and development orientation are some of the personal traits of extension workers. The biophysical environment has an impact on adoption. The farm's conditions include its location, resource availability, and other amenities such as roads, markets, transportation, pests, rainfall distribution, soil type, water, services, and power. Farmers with irrigated farms, for example, were among the first to accept new rice varieties, while those without water were among the last.