HOW DOES GENDER AFFECT THE ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS? THE CASE OF IMPROVED MAIZE TECHNOLOGY IN GHANA
Morris, Michael L.; Doss, Cheryl R.
1999

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Why do men and women adopt agricultural technologies at different rates? Evidence from Ghana suggests that gender-linked differences in the adoption of modern maize varieties and chemical fertilizer are not attributable to inherent characteristics of the technologies themselves but instead result from gender-linked differences in access to key inputs.

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Title HOW DOES GENDER AFFECT THE ADOPTION OF AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS? THE CASE OF IMPROVED MAIZE TECHNOLOGY IN GHANA
Author(s) Morris, Michael L.
Doss, Cheryl R.
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Issue Date 1999
Publication Type Conference Paper/ Presentation
DOI and Other Identifiers 10.22004/ag.econ.21609
Record Identifier https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/21609
PURL Identifier http://purl.umn.edu/21609
Language English
Total Pages 14
Series Statement Selected Paper
Record Appears in Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) > Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Conferences > 1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN

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