This paper reviews the findings from the last 20 years on the behavioural factors that
influence farmers, decisions to adopt environmentally sustainable practices. It also proposes …

Technology adoption has played a key role in the global development and increase in
agricultural productivity. However, the decision to adopt a new technology on farms is …

A considerable body of work in political science is built upon the assumption that politicians
are more purposive, strategic decision makers than the citizens who elect them. At the same …

People have the power to make an innovation a success or a failure. Corporate decision
makers act as both facilitators and barriers to the introduction of technologies into their …

Research on the adoption of rural innovations is reviewed and interpreted through a cross-
disciplinary lens to provide practical guidance for research, extension and policy relating to …

The farm-level economics of conservation agriculture (zero tillage, mulching and crop
rotation) are described, reviewed and modelled. The economics are defined broadly to …

Society's expectations of farmers in relation to their environmental performance are ever
increasing, in general terms and in response to regional challenges. One tool for achieving …

Farmers' adoption of climate change mitigation measures is key to successfully reduce
agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. This article investigates the role of non-cognitive …

Extension is designed to enable lab-to-farm technology diffusion. Decentralized models
assume that information flows from researchers to extension workers, and from extension …

Models can provide a structured way to think about adoption and provide a method to
investigate the impacts of different factors in the adoption process. With at least 70 years of …