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Computer Adoption and Use of Information Services by North Carolina Commercial Farmers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

William A. Amponsah
William A. Amponsah*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, North Carolina A&T State University
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Abstract

The extent of information use by farmers for farm management is tracked in terms of computer adoption and usefulness, and the use of professional providers of information services. The study is based on a survey conducted in 1991, on North Carolina, as part of a regional project involving about fourteen states. The results revealed a low rate of computer adoption by the farmers surveyed. However, computer adoption and usefulness were explained by farm size, educational attainment and farm income. Also farmers' use of professional services, such as that provided by tax preparers and extension agents were positively influenced by farm size, age and education level.

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computer adoptionfarm information systeminformation servicesfarm management
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , December 1995 , pp. 565 - 576
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1995

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