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标题：Variety characteristics and maize adoption in Honduras
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作者：Hintze, L. H. ; Renkow, M. ; Sain, G. 等
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：2003
页码：307-317
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：This paper summarises research into factors contributing to low levels of adoption of improved maize varieties in Honduras. Empirical analysis was based on an agricultural household model which explicitly incorporates variety characteristics into the household's optimisation process. We considered a multitude of production and consumption characteristics valued by farmers, as well as an array of household socioeconomic characteristics and measures of village-specific marketing costs. Empirical results indicated that marketing costs and production characteristics are important explanators of variety choice, whereas consumption characteristics are not, and that information deficits may be an important limiting factor to adoption of improved varieties. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
关键词：Variety characteristics;Maize adoption;Honduras