声明
致谢
LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABREVIATIONS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background
1.2. Statement of the Problem
1.3. Objectives
1.3.1. General Objective
1.3.2. Specific Objectives
1.4. Research Questions
1.5. Justification of the Study
1.6. Scope and Limitation of the Study
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1. Smallholder practices
2.2. Mechanical Drying Systems’ different Approach
2.3 Measures for technology adoption
2.3.1. Factors Influencing the Perception of Smallholder Farmers towards theMechanical Drying System Technology.
2.3.2 Factors Influencing Farmers’ Decision to Adopt a New Technology
2.4 Theoretical Framework
2.5. Conceptual Framework
CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY
3.1. Description of the study area
3.2. Research Design
3.2.1. Population
3.2.2. Sampling Procedure and Sampling Size
3.2.3. Data Collection
3.3. Data Analysis
3.3.1. Descriptive Analysis
3.4. Econometric Framework and estimation technique
3.4.1. Estimation of technology adoption and use intensity
3.5. Impact evaluation of technology adoption
3.5.1. Endogenous switching regression
3.5.2. Propensity score matching
3.5.3. Inverse probability weighting
CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
4.1. Socio Economic Characteristics of farmers
4.2. Determinants of adoption and use intensity of MDS
4.3. Impact of the Mechanical Drying on the Income of Smallholder Farmers
4.3.1. Endogenous switching regression estimation results
4.3.2. Propensity score matching estimation results
4.3.3 Inverse probability weighting estimation results
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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