Household Characteristics and Agrarian Innovation Adoption in North-West Portugal
1987; Wiley; Volume: 12; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/622523
ISSN1475-5661
Autores Tópico(s)Rural development and sustainability
ResumoThe influence of household characteristics on the adoption of a selection of agrarian innovations is investigated in Entre-Douro e Minho. At the regional scale it appears that younger, better educated heads of household who have farmed for all of their lives, on large holdings producing primarily for the market are the most likely to adopt new agricultural equipment and techniques. However, there are great differences between villages within the region, and two types of farm economy are revealed, the one subsistence and the other commercial. In neither of these are the generalizations made at the regional scale appropriate. Investigation of the structure of innovation adoption through time reveals the complex nature of structural change in Portuguese agriculture.
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