The gap between technology awareness and adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review for the DeSIRA project

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dc.creatorKazembe, Cynthia
dc.date2021-02-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:15:28Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:15:28Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:57:01Z
dc.descriptionThis paper reviews different studies on technology adoption in sub-Saharan Africa to understand the determinants of low adoption of improved technologies, with a special focus on Malawi. This will in turn help explain why there is a gap between awareness and adoption of agriculture technologies. As evidenced from the results of the FGDs conducted in Malawi in 2018, despite the visible benefits of the new technologies, farmers often do not adopt or take a long time to adopt them. This creates a gap between awareness of agriculture technologies and their adoption. The existing literature from sub-Saharan Saharan Africa, demonstrates that adoption, as a decision-making process, is affected by farmers’ access to information, their financial and human capital, incentives and external programs, plus farmers’ attitude to risk.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143598
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90324
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceKazembe, Cynthia. 2021. The gap between technology awareness and adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review for the DeSIRA project. IFPRI Project February 2021. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134301. https://mediaspace.msu.edu/playlist/dedicated/1_8eb2d2e3/1_uyw9gkjh
dc.subjectinnovation
dc.subjecthuman capital
dc.subjectcapital
dc.subjecttechnology adoption
dc.subjectfertilizers
dc.subjectagricultural extension
dc.subjectagricultural technology
dc.subjecttechnology
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectincentives
dc.subjectadoption
dc.subjectagricultural development
dc.subjectaccess to information
dc.subjectrisk
dc.titleThe gap between technology awareness and adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review for the DeSIRA project
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