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DOI	10.1080/23311932.2024.2319932
	An analysis of the adoption of the system of rice intensification (SRI): why a homegrown technique has yet to take seed among rice farmers in Madagascar
	Moore, Maya; Razafindrina, Kimmerling; Mendez, V. Ernesto; Niles, Meredith T.
发表日期	2024
ISSN	2331-1932
起始页码	10
结束页码	1
卷号	10 期号:1
英文摘要	To combat food insecurity in Madagascar, organizations have promoted the Systeme de Riziculture Intensifiee (SRI), or System of Rice Intensification, an agroecological rice-growing technique. However, despite its many benefits, adoption remains low (and disadoption remains high) in Madagascar. To better understand these dynamics, we use data from two surveys of 328 rice farming households in southeastern Madagascar to conduct an analysis of decisions to adopt SRI, as well as look at the differences between adopters and non-adopters. Results show that despite strong intentions to adopt the technique, actual rates of adoption were lower than expected. Indeed, while 89.8% (n = 291) of respondents stated intention to adopt SRI, only 21.6% (n = 60) had trialed it one year later. Results also indicate that exposure to SRI trainings did not have spill-over effects to untreated farmers, as nearly all (95%, n = 57) of the farmers adopting SRI had registered for the training, with the majority (89.5%, n = 51) attending some days of training. Reasons given for not adopting SRI included lack of rice seeds deemed suitable by farmers, as well as insufficient labor, time and other resources. Furthermore, using an integrated Theory of Planned Behavior - Technology Acceptance Model framework and structural equation modeling (SEM), we find that perceived behavioral control, training participation and household assets are significant predictors of adoption. This research is important in efforts to better support uptake of improved agricultural practices among food insecure farming populations. It also fills a gap in the literature regarding SRI adoption among lowland coastal farming populations.
英文关键词	SRI; technology adoption; Madagascar; Theory of planned behavior; Technology acceptance model; SEM; Manuel Tejada; Universidad de Sevilla; Spain; Agriculture & Environmental Sciences; Social Psychology; Rural Development
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
WOS类目	Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
WOS记录号	WOS:001177085000001
来源期刊	COGENT FOOD & AGRICULTURE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/302993
作者单位	University of Vermont; University of Vermont; University of Vermont; University of Vermont
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Moore, Maya,Razafindrina, Kimmerling,Mendez, V. Ernesto,et al. An analysis of the adoption of the system of rice intensification (SRI): why a homegrown technique has yet to take seed among rice farmers in Madagascar[J],2024,10(1).
APA	Moore, Maya,Razafindrina, Kimmerling,Mendez, V. Ernesto,&Niles, Meredith T..(2024).An analysis of the adoption of the system of rice intensification (SRI): why a homegrown technique has yet to take seed among rice farmers in Madagascar.COGENT FOOD & AGRICULTURE,10(1).
MLA	Moore, Maya,et al."An analysis of the adoption of the system of rice intensification (SRI): why a homegrown technique has yet to take seed among rice farmers in Madagascar".COGENT FOOD & AGRICULTURE 10.1(2024).