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Is small farmers' resistance to innovation irrational or a rational response to risk?

Asked in 1 year · 2008Appears in:Economics
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This debate All debatesIn shortPositionsNewsPast questions (1)Same themeHas state policy on pricing, credit, subsidies and tax helped or hindered Pakistan's agriculture?Has the Green Revolution model exhausted its potential for Pakistan's agricultural growth?Is Pakistan's food insecurity a problem of production or of poverty and access?

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Western critique versus risk, credit, tenure and information constraints; evidence from developing countries; policy implications for extension
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2008 · CSS Economics · ExplainIt is sometimes asserted that small peasant frames are backward and ignorant because they seem to resist agricultural innovations that could raise farm yields substantially. Does… Outline it
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CSS · Economics · Explain

It is sometimes asserted that small peasant frames are backward and ignorant because they seem to resist agricultural innovations that could raise farm yields substantially. Does this resistance stem from an inherent "irrationality" on their part or might it be attributable to some other factors often over looked by Western economists? Explain your answer.

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