The concept of technology adoption (along with its companions, diffusion and scaling) is
commonly used to design development interventions, to frame impact evaluations and to …

Digital extension tools (DETs) include phone calls, WhatsApp groups and specialised
smartphone applications used for agricultural knowledge brokering. We researched …

This study examines the impact of gender differences on maize productivity in Dawuro Zone,
southern Ethiopia. Our study addressed the limitations of the previous studies in two ways …

If climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is meaningfully to address the development challenges
posed by climate change, effective approaches will be needed to scale up research findings …

In Africa, many governments and development agencies have promoted aquaculture as a
panacea for household food security, rural development, and poverty reduction. However …

Abstract This Editorial to the Special Issue “Science of Scaling: connecting the pathways of
agricultural research and development for improved food, income and nutrition security” …

Direct training of selected individuals as disseminating farmers (DFs) can help to implement
a farmer to farmer extension approach. This study systematically examines the relationship …

Predictions of the speed and extent of adoption of new agricultural practices and
technologies are needed to inform decisions and plans in agricultural policy, research and …

Conservation agriculture (CA)—the simultaneous application of minimum soil disturbance,
crop residue retention, and crop diversification—is a key approach to address declining soil …

CONTEXT Scholars have argued that empirical studies of adoption in agriculture should
consider adoption as a dynamic process rather than a binary choice, but many empirical …