Institutional Determinants of the Adoption of Innovations in Moroccan Agriculture: The Case of LIT in the Draa-Tafilalt Region

Déterminants institutionnels de l'adoption d'innovations dans l'agriculture marocaine: le cas du LIT dans la région de Draa-Tafilalet

Abstract

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the role and influence of institutional variables in the adoption of localized irrigation technology (LIT) by farmers in the Draa- Tafilalt region. Given the nature of our problem and in order to test the hypotheses built around our conceptual model, we have adopted the hypothetical-deductive approach in this work, which is part of a "positivist" perspective, and the quantitative method by face-to-face survey as a research strategy. The estimation of the parameters of the binary logit model using SPSS version 25 software, carried out on the basis of data collected by questionnaire from 400 farmers in the Draa-Tafilalt region revealed that among the five institutional variables used in this study, four variables have a significant and positive effect on the probability of adopting the LIT. Three variables with less than 1% probability level ("access to credit", "access to subsidy" and "social influence") and one variable with less than 5% probability level ("contact with extension agents"). Unexpectedly, the result of the binary logistic regression also revealed that the role of the explanatory variable "membership in a cooperative or association" in the adoption of LIT in the study area is not significant.

Keywords: Adoption, institutional variables, LIT, logit, Draa-Tafilalt region.