Adoption of agricultural technologies in Benin remains at a very low level. This paper analyzes the factors that determine the adoption of agricultural technologies by rice producers in Benin. It employs a simple probit and Poisson regression models, as well as a multivariate probit model to account for the unobserved interaction between technology adoption decisions. Results reveal that variables such as education, access to extension services, membership of a farmers-based organization, access to credit, media and use of a mobile phone are important in the process of increasing adoption of agricultural technologies. These variables must be taken into consideration in the elaboration of the agricultural modernization policy.

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贝宁稻农采用农业技术

贝宁的农业技术采用率仍然很低。本文分析了决定贝宁水稻生产者采用农业技术的因素。它采用简单的概率和泊松回归模型，以及多变量概率模型来解释技术采用决策之间未观察到的相互作用。结果表明，教育、推广服务的获取、农民组织的成员资格、信贷的获取、媒体和移动电话的使用等变量在增加农业技术采用的过程中很重要。在制定农业现代化政策时必须考虑这些变量。