Seminar: "Antecedents of Technology Adoption in Agriculture: Conceptual framework for an empirical assessment based on technology adoption theories" - Kuldeep Bhaishya

Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Seminar:

"Antecedents of Technology Adoption in Agriculture: Conceptual framework for an empirical assessment based on technology adoption theories"

Kuldeep Bhaishya
Ph.D
Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Technology of Guwahati

Agriculture continues to remain one of the most significant sectors of employment in the developing countries. Over the years, this sector witnessed a lot of variations and developments in terms of farming approaches and technology usage. Usage of technology in agriculture sector derives a lot of benefits such as crop productivity and better income for farmers. Therefore, even governments are promoting agricultural technologies for improving the livelihood of the farmers. Despite many government initiatives, adoption of technologies in the agricultural sector remains low (Ruzzante et al., 2021) specially in emerging economies. It raises a concern of how to accelerate the process of agricultural innovation adoption. Therefore, it is important to understand the factors that influence the decision of a farmer to adopt a technology. This study attempts to propose a conceptual framework for technology adoption in the context of agricultural innovation and empirically validate the framework.