The paper aims to test the influence of agricultural extension services on the propensity of farms to adopt innovations: the relationship between use of agricultural extension services and innovation adoption in a sample of Italian farms are investigated by means of an econometric model. To emphasise territorial discrepancies, areas with different degrees of rurality and North/South differences are analysed. Our results confirm, on the one hand the goodness of the selected econometric model; on the other hand, they provide for useful normative prescriptions on how improve links between extension adoption and introduction of innovations.
Impact of agricultural extension services on innovation adoption in Italy
DE ROSA, Marcello;SALVATORE, Renato
2014-01-01
Abstract
The paper aims to test the influence of agricultural extension services on the propensity of farms to adopt innovations: the relationship between use of agricultural extension services and innovation adoption in a sample of Italian farms are investigated by means of an econometric model. To emphasise territorial discrepancies, areas with different degrees of rurality and North/South differences are analysed. Our results confirm, on the one hand the goodness of the selected econometric model; on the other hand, they provide for useful normative prescriptions on how improve links between extension adoption and introduction of innovations.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
