Smallholder farmer decision-making and technology adoption in southern Laos: opportunities and constraints (Old ID 22327)
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
This project aims to research the gap between aspirations and reality with respect to technology adoption impacts and thence improve smallholder livelihoods. The project will review the drivers and constraints influencing smallholder farmers’ decisions to adopt proven technologies and management systems to improve farm productivity. It will analyse the influence on farming decisions of complex interactions between economics, politics, technology and the biological environment with ethnicity, local social traditions, personal motivation and leadership. Opportunities to enhance the livelihood of smallholder farmers through technology adoption will be identified and the role of stakeholder networks explored.
Date
01 Jan 2016 - 30 Jun 2020
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
Farmer decision-making;Technology adoption;International Development;Bayesian Network Analysis;Participatory Action Research;Laos
Funding Body
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
Amount
1083292
Project Team
Silva Larson;Kim Alexander;Garry Greenhalgh;John Connell