[PDF] Top 20 Factors determining the adoption and impact of a postharvest storage technology

... adopting the metal silo—a postharvest storage technolo- gy for staple grains—which was disseminated by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) from 1983 to 2003 in ... Voir le document complet

... nology adoption. With respect to factor endowment, the variable for gross investment per employee 15 and the dummy variable for R&D show the expected positive signs and ... Voir le document complet

... If a rm wants to develop incentive systems in which its individual members will resist the negative impacts of such informational cascades, it must credibly convince them to reveal their private ... Voir le document complet

... For adoption analysis, adoption is usually defined in terms of a binary variable (adoption/not ...adoption). The dependent variable ADOP was defined as a binary ... Voir le document complet

... countries and rank second in world fruit production, after oranges and before ...grapes. The banana industry, which is based on a small number of cultivars belonging to the ... Voir le document complet

... R A C T Postharvest biological control agents as a viable alternative to the use of synthetic chemicals have been the focus of considerable research for the last 30 ... Voir le document complet

... on the impact of income on water conservation. Renwick and Archibald (1998) find a significant and positive effect of household income on the number of ... Voir le document complet

... loss of farm produce. The lack of adequate storage facilities also affects produce quality, reducing produce market value with negative implications for various parts of the ... Voir le document complet

... in the coding when trying to define certain attributes of “sustainable” palm oil or monitoring ...companies and contexts. For example, in industry practice, there is a range of ... Voir le document complet

... 2002 and 2006, energy prices have soared in the U.S., following the rapid increase in the price of crude-oil, from between 20 and 30 a barrel over the last decades ... Voir le document complet

... with a rise in chronic diseases and reduction in infectious ...about the presence of multimorbidities and the use of multiple drugs associated with a worse quality ... Voir le document complet

... Learning-by-Doing, and Technology Adoption under Uncertainty Abstract We consider a variety of vintage capital models of a firm’s choice of technology under ... Voir le document complet

... accessibility, and service were factors seen as im- portant when it comes to the way in which activities are han- ...terms of inclusion, this denotes the idea that everyone should be ... Voir le document complet

... “Optimality of usually doing nothing” (as put by Bar-Ilan and Blinder (1992)) is rapidly becoming a conventional implication of economic models addressing optimal investment choice of ... Voir le document complet

... Problems and outlook Molecular diagnostics with DNA microarrays do not displace time-honoured diagnostic tools such as ...morphology. The demands on bio-informatics to handle the impressive data flow ... Voir le document complet

... Information Technology Abstract: This paper presents research on the development and evaluation of a method to aid members in the architectural, engineering and ... Voir le document complet

... on a decentralized secure Proof ledger is the key for personal ownership, interoperability and is a lifetime history of ...encrypted and managed by the consensus ... Voir le document complet

... Abstract: The issue of energy retrofitting of existing building stock occupies an increasingly promi- nent place in energy transition strategies in ...representing the building stock ... Voir le document complet

... develop a better understanding of emotional experiences tha1 individuals experience as they interact with technology. Indeed, employees are not merely 'rational' beings [r] ... Voir le document complet

... types of land use during the flood can be more economically attractive and represent a lower level of risk than fish culture , for example renting flooded rice fields to migrant duck ... Voir le document complet