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Extension and the Adoption of Environmental Technologies in the Parismina Watershed, Costa Rica

Miller, Melanie Joy
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1396361469

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2007, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Sociology.
The diffusion of innovations model has been used by social scientists for decades to understand the adoption of new agricultural technologies, but its applicability to environmental as opposed to commercial technologies has been the source of much debate. The “classic” model’s ability to account for the diffusion of environmental innovations is hampered by its productivist and voluntarist assumptions. In addition, adoption patterns have been far more widely studied in North America than in areas such as Latin America. This thesis examines patterns of adoption of a set of environmental farm technologies in the Parismina Watershed in tropical Costa Rica, paying particular attention to the role of a local agronomic university’s extension activities in their dissemination. The findings indicate that overall patterns of adoption remain low; that size of farm is the strongest single predictor of adoption; and that a higher degree of environmental concern and contact with university extension also account for a significantly higher rate of adoption of environmental technologies.
David Hansen (Advisor)
William Flinn (Committee Member)
Linda Lobao (Committee Member)
110 p.
Sociology

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  • Miller, M. J. (2007). Extension and the Adoption of Environmental Technologies in the Parismina Watershed, Costa Rica [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1396361469

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Miller, Melanie. Extension and the Adoption of Environmental Technologies in the Parismina Watershed, Costa Rica. 2007. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1396361469.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Miller, Melanie. "Extension and the Adoption of Environmental Technologies in the Parismina Watershed, Costa Rica." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1396361469

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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