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标题：Increasing smallholder farmers’ market participation through technology adoption in rural Timor‐Leste
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作者：Sonia Akter ; Namrata Chindarkar ; William Erskine 等
期刊名称：Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies
电子版ISSN：2050-2680
出版年度：2021
卷号：8
期号：2
页码：280-298
DOI：10.1002/app5.329
语种：English
出版社：John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
摘要：This study examines the role of high‐yielding maize varieties as one of the key drivers of smallholder farmers’ market participation in a highly subsistence rural economy. The analysis is based on the End‐of‐Program Survey data collected by the Seeds of Life program in 2016 covering 700 households in rural Timor‐Leste. The results reveal significant positive impacts of technology adoption on farmers’ market participation. Households where women are relatively more active in agriculture than men are more likely to engage in agricultural commerce. The results also show a positive impact of technology adoption on maize productivity. These findings present the first empirical evidence of the causal link between technology adoption and market participation choices.