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- W3147180465 abstract "The paper compares the influence of intervening variables and the characteristics of the farmer and the farm (independent variables) on the adoption behavior of farmers for recommended maize agronomic practices. The purpose was to indentify the most important determinants associated with behavior change. A total of 107 farmers out of a population of 214 were randomly selected from two adjoining districts of South Africa and Lesotho. Chi-square and correlations and regression analyses were used to determine the relationship between the independent (characteristics of the farmer and farm) and intervening variables. Clear differences occur between the independent variables (which included age, gender, education, farm size and total area under maize cultivation) in regard to their influence on adoption behavior, but these influences also vary significantly between the practices. It was also found that an independent variable can have a big influence in the adoption of one of the recommended practices but not on the others. In general, their influence is limited, and together their total contribution in explaining the variance in adoption (R 2 ) varied between about 20 to 40 percent. The influence of the intervening variables, which are primarily need, perception and knowledge related, was much more consistent and much bigger, measured both as correlations and regressions. The total contribution (R 2 ) of intervening variables varied between 50 and over 70 percent, which clearly supports the research hypothesis, namely that their prediction and explanation value in terms of behavior is much bigger than that of independent personal and environmental factors." @default.
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- W3147180465 title "The Comparative Role of Intervening Variables in Understanding Farmers' Adoption Behavior" @default.
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