Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Nawab Khan, Ram L. Ray, Hazem S. Kassem, Shemei Zhang
Summary: The adoption and use of mobile internet technology (MIT) among wheat farmers in Pakistan have a crucial impact on sustainable agriculture development. Farmers' age, farm size, farm location, and knowledge about internet technology (IT) are important factors influencing MIT adoption.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Article
Social Issues
Samantha Lach, Takaaki Masaki, Carlos Rodriguez-Castelan, Rogelio Granguillhome Ochoa
Summary: Mobile broadband internet is the main means of accessing the internet for individuals in developing countries. Low household consumption and the price of mobile services are the key factors limiting adoption of mobile broadband internet. Other factors include demographic characteristics, socioeconomic features, and policy-related factors.
TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Marius Michels, Cord-Friedrich von Hobe, Paul Johann Weller von Ahlefeld, Oliver Musshoff
Summary: The study investigates factors influencing German farmers' intention to adopt drones, and an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) explains 69% of the variance, indicating that raising farmers' awareness and confidence levels can increase drone adoption intention.
PRECISION AGRICULTURE
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Nawab Khan, Ram L. Ray, Hazem S. Kassem, Farhat Ullah Khan, Muhammad Ihtisham, Shemei Zhang
Summary: The adoption of Mobile Internet Technology (MIT) in agricultural systems has a significant positive impact on wheat productivity among wheat growers in Pakistan. Accelerating the adoption of MIT technology by wheat growers is essential for enhancing agriculture productivity and food security in Pakistan.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Zhenzhen Huang, Jiayu Zhuang, Shuo Xiao
Summary: Mobile Internet has brought a new mode of information interaction through mobile terminals and wireless communication, significantly impacting traditional information circulation, rural economic structure, and social transformation. This paper investigates the influence of mobile Internet application on farmers' adoption of green technology, revealing the mediating effects and differences among farmers.
Article
Business
Gabriela Scur, Andre Victor Duarte da Silva, Claudia Aparecida Mattos, Rodrigo Franco Goncalves
Summary: This study fills a literature gap on the relationship between agricultural modernization and the internet of things (IoT), focusing on the adoption of IoT in vegetable crop cultivation. The study constructs a theoretical framework incorporating individual and organizational technology adoption models, and identifies the factors influencing IoT adoption. In-depth interviews with producers, experts, and suppliers were conducted, showing that only established producers implemented technology, highlighting the decisive role of organizational factors in IoT adoption.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2023)
Article
Business
Marcelo Jose Carrer, Hildo Meirelles de Souza Filho, Marcela de Mello Brandao Vinholis, Carlos Ivan Mozambani
Summary: This study evaluates the adoption of Precision Agriculture Technologies (PATs) and its impacts on technical efficiency and technology gap ratio in sugarcane farms in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The results show that factors such as farming size, farmer's schooling, and technical assistance positively influence the adoption of PATs. Farms that adopt PATs exhibit higher technical efficiency and technology gap ratio, indicating improved input utilization efficiency and potential for economic and environmental sustainability in sugarcane farming.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Gaganpreet Singh Hundal, Chad Matthew Laux, Dennis Buckmaster, Mathias J. Sutton, Michael Langemeier
Summary: The production of row crops in the Midwestern (Indiana) region of the US is facing environmental and economic sustainability issues. The low adoption rate of IoT-based precision agriculture technologies and the barriers to their adoption, including cost effectiveness, power requirements, wireless communication range, data latency, data scalability, data storage, data processing, and data interoperability, are described in the literature. This study explores and understands decision-making variables related to these barriers through focus group interviews with subject matter experts in IoT-based precision agriculture practices.
Article
Agronomy
Rok Rupnik, Damjan Vavpotic, Jurij Jaklic, Ales Kuhar, Miroslav Plavsic, Bostjan Zvanut
Summary: The sector of agriculture is increasingly demanding greater efficiency and relies heavily on precision agriculture technologies such as IoT systems and mobile applications. A study showed that software companies have unequal knowledge of agricultural processes and precision agriculture, leading to the idea of a reference standard process model for agriculture (RSPMA). The RSPMA was found suitable for use in agriculture through the application of the Delphi technique and evaluation by a panel of experts from different countries.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Isaac Kofi Mensah
Summary: This study analyzed the factors influencing citizens' adoption of mobile health services using structural equation modeling technique. The results showed that perceived usefulness and ease of use were significant predictors of the behavioral intention to use. Perceived risk also had a negative but significant impact on the intention to use. Mobile self-efficacy significantly determined the intention to use, intention to recommend, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use of mobile health services. In addition, word-of-mouth showed a positive impact on both the intention to use and recommend.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Business
Manisha Sharma, Subhojit Banerjee, Justin Paul
Summary: This paper examines the effectiveness of social media on the different stages of consumers' cognitive stages in the adoption of mobile banking. The results show that social media has the greatest influence on the action and interest stages, followed by the desire and attention stages. The research provides an integrated model to assess the impact of social media on different cognitive stages of young mobile banking consumers, using a combination of two analytical methods.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Chavi Asrani, Arpan Kumar Kar
Summary: This study investigates the diffusion pattern of ICT adoption in India, taking into account technological augmentation and regional disparities. It also examines how social systems influence technology adoption at different penetration levels. The findings are significant for infrastructure planning, policy decisions, and digital development.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Dongsheng Bian, Yuyin Xiao, Keyu Song, Minye Dong, Li Li, Ross Millar, Chenshu Shi, Guohong Li
Summary: This study explores the determinants influencing the adoption of internet health care technology (IHT) from the perspective of health care professionals in China. The results show that perceived usefulness, perceived enjoyment, and perceived complexity positively correlate with perceived value, while perceived value has a positive direct effect on adoption intention. Employee burnout negatively affects adoption intention and mediates the relationship between perceived value and adoption intention. Strategies to improve perceived value and reduce employee burnout are necessary for promoting the adoption intention of IHT in health care professionals.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Yi Cai, Wene Qi, Famin Yi
Summary: The study finds that mobile internet adoption has a positive impact on the extensity of technology adoption, highlighting the importance of promoting the penetration of modern agricultural technology through the use of mobile internet technologies.
CHINA AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC REVIEW
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Tanja Schroeder, Karla Seaman, Amy Nguyen, Heiko Gewald, Andrew Georgiou
Summary: This study aims to investigate doctors' perspectives towards mobile health apps and their intentions to prescribe them. The results show that doctors' acceptance and support of these apps are critical in mobile health uptake and utilization. Doctors consider these apps complementary to their role in patient management and are predominantly positive about them.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2023)
Article
Development Studies
Constantin Johnen, Oliver Musshoff
Summary: Formal digital credit was expected to decrease the gender gap in financial inclusion, but the study reveals that it has actually led to an increase in the gap in Kenya. The gender disparity is largely attributable to socio-economic differences and a lack of heterogeneity in contract terms in the market.
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Development Studies
Maike Linhoff, Oliver Musshoff, Martin C. Parlasca
Summary: Pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa are vulnerable to climate change and severe droughts. Research shows that they prefer lower strike levels and transparency in livestock index insurance contracts, and value trust enhancing features.
CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marius Michels, Oliver Musshoff
Summary: Smartphones have great potential in agriculture due to their mobility and compatibility with precision agriculture technologies. The timing of smartphone adoption in agriculture is influenced by various factors, including farmers' characteristics and farm attributes.
Article
Economics
Sebastian Jobjoernsson, Henning Schaak, Oliver Musshoff, Tim Friede
Summary: This paper discusses the important issue of ensuring sufficient power to reject hypotheses in economic experiments and introduces methods for testing multiple hypotheses simultaneously in adaptive, two-stage designs to improve experiment power. The paper provides a concise overview of relevant theory and demonstrates the method in three different applications, including a simulation study and analysis of previous experiment data sets. Simulation results highlight the potential for reducing sample sizes while maintaining the power to reject at least one hypothesis and controlling the overall Type I error probability.
EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Economics
Marius Michels, Hao Luo, Paul Johann Weller Von Ahlefeld, Oliver Musshoff
Summary: This study investigates how nudges can improve compliance with a 14-day pre-harvest interval rule in apple production. The findings show that nudging has a preventive effect and reduces non-compliance behavior in a virtual apple farm management game. The results are of interest to policy makers and contribute to the field of (experimental) economics and nudging. Overall, the importance of this study is rated 8 out of 10.
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Christoph Duden, Oliver Musshoff, Frank Offermann
Summary: It is found that farmers' willingness to pay for risk mitigation is influenced by simplified decision rules, such as the imitation heuristic, shock experience heuristic, and threshold of concern heuristic. Farmers tend to imitate successful risk-loving farmers and assign less weight to low-probability shocks. Lack of personal experience with low-probability events and considering them to be rare leads to lower willingness to pay. Understanding these heuristic preferences can aid in designing better risk management instruments and policies.
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Henning Schaak, Luise Meissner, Oliver Musshoff
Summary: This study examines the nonlinear effect of parcel sizes on farmland prices by replicating Ritter et al.'s research in four different ways. The study contributes to the literature by providing insights into regional differences in farmland price structure and the role of assumptions regarding the functional form for the size-price relationship. The extended replication results reveal variations in the size-price relationship across federal states and highlight the significance of assumptions on functional forms in hedonic regression studies.
APPLIED ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY
(2023)
Article
Development Studies
Yaw Sarfo, Oliver Musshoff, Ron Weber
Summary: This study examines the relationship between financial literacy and farmers' awareness of digital credit in rural Madagascar. The researchers measured farmers' financial literacy through questions related to numeracy, interest compounding, inflation, and risk diversification. The findings demonstrate that financial literacy positively and significantly affects farmers' awareness of digital credit. The study highlights the importance of financial literacy in increasing farmers' awareness of digital credit in rural areas of Madagascar and supports the widely acknowledged view that financial literacy is crucial for individuals' awareness of financial products.
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Eike Florenz Nordmeyer, Oliver Musshoff
Summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate farmers' perceived usefulness of satellite-based index insurance. The results show that German farmers generally perceive satellite-based index insurance as useful. Higher education levels, higher trust in index insurance products, and higher relative weather-related income losses increase farmers' perceived usefulness.
AGRICULTURAL FINANCE REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Eike Florenz Nordmeyer, Oliver Musshoff
Summary: This study surveyed and analyzed the intention of German farmers to adopt drought insurance, finding that factors such as gender, risk attitude, land tenure, previous weather risk impacts, and trust in index insurance products have a significant impact on farmers' intention. The results are important for policymakers, insurers, and researchers focusing on farmer adaptation to climate change.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Heinrich Petri, Dienda Hendrawan, Tobias Bahr, Oliver Musshoff, Meike Wollni, Rosyani Asnawi, Heiko Faust
Summary: Three decades after establishment, smallholder oil palm plantations need replanting to redesign plantations, boost farm productivity, and secure livelihoods. However, replanting requires knowledge, inputs, and financing, and postponement or slow action can worsen socioeconomic and environmental challenges. Access to inputs, finances, and knowledge are paramount challenges that affect smallholders' decisions on when, how, and what to replant.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Annkathrin Wahbi, Yaw Sarfo, Oliver Musshoff
Summary: This article examines the preferences of rural women in Sub-Saharan Africa for digital and conventional credit. The findings show that female respondents have a higher demand for credit than males, but there are no significant differences in willingness to pay for credit attributes. Therefore, designing gender-specific services may not be advisable.
AGRICULTURAL FINANCE REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Agricultural Economics & Policy
Michael Danne, Oliver Musshoff
Summary: This paper investigates the preferences and willingness of German pig farmers to implement animal welfare practices. The results show that farmers require statistically significant compensations for implementing animal welfare practices. Their choices are influenced by consumer willingness to pay, evaluation of the efficiency of specific animal welfare practices, and farm characteristics. Understanding farmers' preferences can aid in understanding their willingness to implement specific animal welfare practices.
GERMAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Luise Meissner, Oliver Musshoff
Summary: This study provides a quantitative and descriptive analysis of non-agricultural buyers in the Lower Saxony farmland market from 1984 to 2015. The findings reveal a significant share of non-agricultural buyers with little change over time, which is relevant to the discussion on non-farmers investing in the German farmland market. The study also highlights that the average lot size purchased by non-farmers is smaller than that of farmers, with no notable differences in soil quality or land classification.
BERICHTE UBER LANDWIRTSCHAFT
(2022)
