Seed Market Privatisation and Farmers’ Access to Crop Technologies: The Case of Hybrid Pearl Millet Adoption in India

摘要: In India, pearl millet is a typical subsistence crop. Nonetheless, use of hybrid seeds widespread. The first hybrids were introduced in 1965 by the public sector. Yet, starting late 1980s, market liberalisation led to an increasing role private companies seed development and distribution. Although several studies showed that proprietary are more productive than open-pollinated varieties, impacts privatisation on farmers' technology access overall innovation rates not yet well understood. This paper analyses dynamics adoption using duration models farm survey data collected state Maharashtra. results show education, short distances main information sources good infrastructure speeded up hybrids. Likewise, had positive accelerating effect diffusion small