Revisiting multi-stage models for upstream technology adoption: Evidence from rapid generation advance in rice breeding.

ABSTRACT: Adoption of new plant varieties has played a significant role in eradicating global hunger. Previous research has mainly focused on farmer adoption and impact of new crop varieties, although upstream adoption of technologies in plant breeding can generate substantial multiplier effects on downstream impacts. This study moves upstream in the innovation system to generate policy advice on adoption and transfer of accelerated rice breeding technologies. More specifically, we assess the determinants of global adoption of rapid generation advance (RGA) through a sample of 158 rice breeders operating in various research institutes worldwide. Moving upstream in the innovation system has important theoretical and empirical implications due to the smaller number of decision-making units in the adop

SUBMITTER: Lenaerts B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9292170 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature