Factors influencing technology adoption among smallholder farmers: a systematic review in Africa

Fadeyi, Oluwamayokun Anjorin; Ariyawardana, Anoma; Aziz, Ammar Abdul

dc.date.accessioned	2022-01-25T15:24:22Z
dc.date.available	2022-01-25T15:24:22Z
dc.date.issued	2022-01-25
dc.identifier	doi:10.17170/kobra-202201195569
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13553
dc.language.iso	eng	eng
dc.rights	Namensnennung 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject	adoption	eng
dc.subject	agriculture	eng
dc.subject	finance	eng
dc.subject	smallholder farmers	eng
dc.subject	technology adoption	eng
dc.subject.ddc	630
dc.title	Factors influencing technology adoption among smallholder farmers: a systematic review in Africa	eng
dc.type	Aufsatz
dcterms.abstract	Smallholder agriculture has been identified to be critical in the creation of employment, improving food security and improving the economy. However, smallholder agriculture in Africa is characterised by a low production level which has been linked to the limited use of technologies. Several factors influence the adoption of technologies among smallholder farmers in Africa. This systematic literature review focuses on the factors influencing technology adoption among smallholder farmers in Africa and identified 128 peer-reviewed papers in English between January 2000 to December 2019. The majority were carried out in Kenya, Uganda, and Malawi, with the major crops being maize, legumes and rice. This review identified 29 factors that were broadly classified into five main categories: (i) farmers’ characteristics; (ii) farm characteristics; (iii) technology characteristics; (iv) institutional factors; and (v) finance. Of these, finance (81 articles), gender of household head (71 articles), age (68 articles), education (64 articles), farm size (62 articles) and extension access (59 articles) are the most prominent factors mentioned. The factors identified in this review were then related to existing technology adoption theories, and it was concluded that finance does not adequately feature in any of these extant theories. As illustrated by the relatively high occurrence of finance, this review puts forward a comprehensive framework for technology adoption and also provides critical recommendations to improve technology adoption among smallholder farmers in Africa.	eng
dcterms.accessRights	open access
dcterms.creator	Fadeyi, Oluwamayokun Anjorin
dcterms.creator	Ariyawardana, Anoma
dcterms.creator	Aziz, Ammar Abdul
dc.subject.swd	Afrika	ger
dc.subject.swd	Technologie	ger
dc.subject.swd	Übernahme	ger
dc.subject.swd	Landwirtschaft	ger
dc.subject.swd	Finanzierung	ger
dc.subject.swd	Kleinbauer	ger
dc.type.version	publishedVersion
dcterms.source.identifier	eissn:2363-6033
dcterms.source.issue	No. 1
dcterms.source.journal	Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (JARTS)	eng
dcterms.source.pageinfo	13-30
dcterms.source.volume	Vol. 123
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