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Author: Adeoti, John Olatunji × End date: 2009 × Start date: 2009 × search.filters.applied.f.isOrgUnitOfPublicationTitle: School of Public Policy × search.filters.applied.f.isSeriesOfPublicationTitle: Globelics Conference ×

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Technological constraint and farmers’ vulnerability in selected developing countries (Nigeria and Vietnam)

2009-10-08 , Adeoti, John Olatunji , Sinh, Bach Tan

The process of globalization has continued to generate controversy on its impact on groups that are vulnerable to poverty. In this respect, there is evidence that farmers in most developing countries are increasingly vulnerable to poverty due to a number of reasons. One possible reason could be the limited access to the technologies that assist farmers in improving their production and later in selling their products, or the capacity to introduce them in their productive processes, thus causing low productivity, post-harvest losses and persistently low household income. Using the sectoral innovation system approach applied in agriculture, the paper aims to map out key actors (governmental agencies, public R&D institutions and extension service institutions, etc), and to examine their roles and their interaction in enhancing farmers’ access to technologies in such selected developing countries as Nigeria and Vietnam. From each country’s standpoint and experiences in agricultural development the paper compares how the farmers access the technological innovations in agriculture and its impact on the reduction (or not) of their vulnerability to poverty. To achieve significant reduction in farmers’ vulnerability to poverty, the paper revealed that there is need to replace the existing linear models of agricultural innovation with an agricultural system of innovation with its distinctive feature of interactive learning that engenders active participation of framers and other important actors in the agricultural innovation process.

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Technology-related factors as determinants of export potential of Nigerian manufacturing firms

2009-10-07 , Adeoti, John Olatunji

Though economic growth has improved in recent years in Nigeria, there has been no evidence of significant manufacturing exports. A critical input that enables capacity for export is investment in technology especially at the firm-level. This study investigates investment in technology by firms in Southwest Nigeria and how technology investment related factors affect the export potential of firms. Data was obtained from a survey of Nigerian firms in 2008. Results demonstrate that investments in technology are dominated by imported technologies, investment in ICTs are becoming widespread though not deep in manufacturing related functions, and technology investments are not directly targeted at improving the export potential of firms. The results also showed that firm size has a strong positive relationship with export potential, and it is the most important factor that affects the export potential of firms. The coefficient of firm size is the only parameter estimate that is consistently statistically significant at 1% level for all four export models estimated. Other technology investment related factors that impact positively on export potential include skills intensity, investment in skills upgrading, cost efficiency, and investment in quality management.

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