Factors Affecting the Adoption of Recommended Fertilizer Doses by Wheat Farmers in the Casablanca-Settat Region of Morocco

Despite the economic advantages of introducing new agricultural technologies into the production system, their rate of adoption in Morocco remains relatively low. The objective of this article is to study the factors that hinder the adoption of these new technologies. We address the case of the reco...

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Published in:AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics 2024-06, Vol.16 (2), p.25-38
Main Authors: El Azhari, Mohamed, El Hamadi, Youssef, Boughlala, Mohamed, Hattab, Samia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to information
Agricultural production
Agricultural technology
Agriculture
Cereals
Farmers
Farms
Fertilizers
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Random sampling
Sample size
Statistical sampling
Technology adoption
Wheat
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Summary:Despite the economic advantages of introducing new agricultural technologies into the production system, their rate of adoption in Morocco remains relatively low. The objective of this article is to study the factors that hinder the adoption of these new technologies. We address the case of the recommended fertilizer doses (RFD). The study employs a probit model with a stratified random sampling approach.The data were collected from 297 farmers in the Casablanca-Settat region using a face-to-face interview method and analyzed through R software. The results of the study show that the main barriers are related to access to information and bank credit, government incentive, production orientation, distance to the market as well as age, and level of education.
ISSN:1804-1930
1804-1930
DOI:10.7160/aol.2024.160202