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DOI	10.30682/nm1904a
	Factors affecting innovative technologies adoption by livestock holders in arid area of Tunisia
	Dhraief, Mohamed Zied 1; Bedhiaf, Sonia 1; Dhehibi, Boubaker 2; Oueslati-Zlaoui, Meriem 1; Jebali, Oussssama 1; Ben-Youssssef, Salah 1
通讯作者	Dhraief, Mohamed Zied
来源期刊	NEW MEDIT
ISSN	1594-5685
EISSN	2611-1128
出版年	2019
卷号	18 期号:4 页码:3-18
英文摘要	Despite the efforts to enhance adoption of innovative technologies (IT) by the Tunisian Government through national and/or international development projects, the potential rate of adoption of these technologies has remained low among farmers. This study aims at shedding some light on the potential factors that influence IT adoption in the Tunisian arid areas. Technological, economic, institutional factors and human specific factors (social) are selected to be the determinants of agricultural technology adoption. A quantitative approach employing a cross-sectional design was used to gather data. Stratified random sampling was employed and a total of 200 small-scale farmers (100 adopters and 100 non-adopters) were sampled. Data analysis and assessment was done through descriptive and statistical inferential analysis, and econometric modeling using the binary logistic regression model. Empirical findings show that economic and socio-demographic factors such as farmer education, size of cattle flocks and off-farm income were statistically significant and had positive influence on technology adoption while age and farmer experience had significant and negative effects on IT adoption. The findings confirm the important role of institutional factors (being a member of an association, benefiting from extension services and source of technology knowledge) in the adoption decision of IT, particularly when such variables were found to be significant and positives. In contrast, labor and credit services do not significantly influence adoption of IT Based on these results, Government should focus on educating young farmers with large cattle flock size and off:farm income to enhance the adoption of IT for livestock holders. It should also intensify training training programs for farmers and for extension agents with the collaboration of the project managers and the involvement of the profession and the private sector. Finally, the open innovation strategy including all stakeholders during idea generation could be considered as a better way to decrease technology development costs and improve IT adoption.
英文关键词	Adoption decisions Innovative technologies Livestock arid areas Logit Tunisia
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Tunisia ; Lebanon
开放获取类型	gold, Green Submitted
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000503863500001
WOS类目	Agricultural Economics & Policy ; Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Agriculture
EI主题词	2019-12-01
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/311043
作者单位	1.Natl Inst Agr Res Tunisia, El Menzah, Tunisia; 2.ICARDA, Beirut, Lebanon
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Dhraief, Mohamed Zied,Bedhiaf, Sonia,Dhehibi, Boubaker,et al. Factors affecting innovative technologies adoption by livestock holders in arid area of Tunisia[J],2019,18(4):3-18.
APA	Dhraief, Mohamed Zied,Bedhiaf, Sonia,Dhehibi, Boubaker,Oueslati-Zlaoui, Meriem,Jebali, Oussssama,&Ben-Youssssef, Salah.(2019).Factors affecting innovative technologies adoption by livestock holders in arid area of Tunisia.NEW MEDIT,18(4),3-18.
MLA	Dhraief, Mohamed Zied,et al."Factors affecting innovative technologies adoption by livestock holders in arid area of Tunisia".NEW MEDIT 18.4(2019):3-18.