The document discusses Rogers' model of the adoption process, which involves 5 stages: awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, and adoption. It describes several studies that helped develop this model. Ryan and Gross identified 4 stages: awareness, conviction, acceptance, and adoption. Wilkening described adoption as a process involving learning, deciding, and acting over time through 4 stages: awareness, obtaining information, conviction, and trial. The North Central Rural Sociology Committee identified the same 5 stages that Rogers later outlined. The stages are presented as: awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, and adoption. It is noted that not all models agree on the number of stages, and individuals may jump between stages or abandon the process depending on various factors
This document discusses extension education, including its meaning, nature, scope, importance, and leadership. It defines extension as stretching out education to rural areas through non-formal means, with the goal of sustainable improvement in quality of life. Extension aims to develop human capabilities through changing knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors. It is important as it respects individuals, speeds adoption of innovations, and provides feedback to researchers. Extension covers various disciplines and uses different approaches like decentralized and market-led models. ICT tools are also helping extension reach more farmers. The role of extension is to facilitate learning through demonstrations and participation.
The document summarizes India's agricultural extension systems. It discusses four major organizational streams that work for rural development: ICAR institutes and universities, state agriculture departments, rural development departments, and voluntary organizations. It then provides details on several specific extension programs established by ICAR, including National Demonstrations (1964), Operational Research Projects (1972), Krishi Vigyan Kendras (1974), Lab to Land (1979), and Frontline Demonstrations. It describes the objectives and roles of these various extension initiatives in demonstrating and disseminating new agricultural technologies to farmers.
1. The document discusses different types of farming systems including specialized farming, diversified farming, mixed farming, dry farming, irrigated farming, extensive farming, intensive farming, and organic farming.
2. It also describes some indigenous Indian farming systems such as shifting cultivation, taungya cultivation, and zabo cultivation. Shifting cultivation involves clearing forests for crops and then leaving the land fallow.
3. The principles of farming systems discussed are risk minimization, recycling of wastes, integration of enterprises, optimal resource use, and ecological balance.
Diffusion and adoption of important components of knowledge and adoption process which plays a significant role in dissemination and implementation of the technology
1) Diffusion is defined as the process by which an innovation is communicated through channels over time among members of a social system. There are four main elements of diffusion: the innovation itself, communication channels, time, and the social system.
2) Innovations can be defined by their characteristics including relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability. Communication channels include mass media and interpersonal channels.
3) The innovation-decision process describes the stages individuals go through in learning about an innovation and deciding whether to adopt it: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation.
This document discusses the diffusion of innovation, including definitions of key concepts like new products, diffusion, adoption, and the innovation adoption process. It outlines the 5 stages of the adoption process: awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, and adoption/rejection. It also describes the characteristics that influence the diffusion of innovations like relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability. Finally, it provides a profile of consumer innovators and compares their characteristics to non-innovators.
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Diffusion and Adoption of Agricultural InnovationsDr- Heba Nour
Diffusion process - Adoption Process - Adopter Categories
- Characteristics of Innovation - Rate of Adoption - Variable Determining the Rate of Adoption
extension teaching methods are means to use to teach the farmers and the students. The choice and use of these methods depends upon the type of message to be imparted or delivered, size of the audience and their attributes. combination of extension teaching methods experienced to be more effective.
The agricultural extension system in India plays a key role in enhancing food production and shifting focus from only production to also commercial farming and agribusiness. The system involves policies and programs from the central government and state-specific development programs. The ICAR is the national body that supports research and technology transfer models. State agricultural universities also develop extension models. Voluntary organizations implement extension projects. The system bridges research centers and farmers through extension personnel.
This ppt is about the distribution of wasteland and problem soils. Those lands are wastelands which are ecologically unstable,
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which have developed toxicity in the root zones or growth of most plants, both annual crops and trees”.
This document discusses rural agricultural work experience and extension teaching methods. It defines extension teaching methods as devices used to create communication between instructors and learners. Extension methods are classified as individual contact methods, group contact methods, and mass contact methods. Individual methods include farm visits and demonstrations. Group methods include result demonstrations, method demonstrations, and group discussions. Mass methods include publications, newspapers, radio, television, and campaigns. The document provides details on objectives, advantages, and limitations of various extension teaching methods.
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This document provides information on sunflower cultivation in India. It discusses the composition of sunflower seeds and the main areas of cultivation across North, West, South, and Central zones of India. The focus is on the Kachchh district in Gujarat state, with planned acreage across several villages. A campaign is outlined to promote sunflower cultivation, including farmer meetings and demonstrations. Recommended varieties, growth cycle, agronomic practices, and pest and disease management are described. Harvesting methods and some additional facts regarding sunflower cultivation are also summarized.
1) The innovation-decision process describes the steps an individual goes through from first learning about an innovation to adopting or rejecting it. It includes knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation stages.
2) The case study examines the diffusion of hybrid seed corn among Iowa farmers in the 1930s. It went through the five stages over 12 years to reach widespread adoption. Farmers needed an average of 7 years to progress from awareness to full adoption.
3) At the knowledge stage, salesmen introduced hybrid seed corn which increased yields but required annual purchase. At the persuasion stage, farmers discussed it with neighbors. At the decision stage, farmers received small samples to trial. At implementation, farmers who decided
The document discusses agricultural journalism, which deals with techniques of receiving, writing, editing and reporting agricultural news and information through various media like newspapers, radio, TV, etc. It highlights the importance of agricultural journalism in disseminating information to vast audiences. The need for agricultural journalism arises from the wide farmer to extension worker ratio. Sources of agricultural news include research stations, publications, farmer fields, universities and more. Principles of good writing include accuracy, brevity and clarity. The purpose of journalism is to inform, influence and entertain readers. In conclusion, the potential of agricultural journalism in taking over extension is noted, and generating trained professionals and upgrading skills is recommended.
This document provides examples of how to calculate the seed rate per hectare for different crops. It lists the key factors needed for calculation such as spacing, germination percentage, purity percentage, 1000 grain weight, and plant population per hectare. It then shows step-by-step calculations for seed rates of various crops like mung bean, pigeon pea, groundnut, green gram, jute, maize, upland rice, and rice. The calculations follow a consistent formula and take into account additional needs like seeds for gap filling.
1. ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) include technologies that enable the storage, processing, and transfer of information, like computers, the internet, and mobile phones.
2. The document discusses various modern ICT tools and techniques that can be used to transfer agricultural technologies to farmers, including expert systems, touchscreen systems, information kiosks, and interactive voice response systems.
3. Expert systems are intelligent computer programs that use stored human expertise to help solve problems. They allow widespread and consistent sharing of best practices and can help address the lack of agricultural experts.
The document discusses Rogers' innovation-decision process, which describes the steps individuals go through when learning about a new innovation. The five steps are: 1) Knowledge - gaining awareness and understanding of the innovation, 2) Persuasion - forming attitudes toward the innovation, 3) Decision - deciding whether to adopt or reject the innovation, 4) Implementation - putting the innovation into use, and 5) Confirmation - reinforcing the decision or reversing it if issues arise. Each step involves cognitive and behavioral processes as individuals evaluate new ideas and determine whether and how to apply them.
This document provides an overview of diffusion and adoption of livestock innovations. It defines key terms like innovation, diffusion, and adoption. It describes Rogers' diffusion of innovations theory, including the innovation-decision process and adopter categories. The innovation-decision process involves 5 stages: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation. Adopter categories include innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards. Each category is defined by their attributes, such as their degree of innovativeness, social status, and how they access information.
This document provides an overview of diffusion and adoption of livestock innovations. It defines key terms like innovation, diffusion, and adoption. It describes Rogers' diffusion of innovations theory, including the innovation-decision process and adopter categories. The five adopter categories are innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards. Each category is characterized by their attributes, demographics, and role in the diffusion process. The document also outlines the perceived attributes of innovations and factors that influence their rate of adoption.
Innovation-Decision Process(A critical appraisal of the new formulation)Poornima C P
The document discusses Rogers' innovation-decision process, which describes the steps an individual or organization goes through in deciding to adopt or reject an innovation. It includes 5 stages: 1) Knowledge, where one learns of the innovation's existence; 2) Persuasion, where one forms attitudes about the innovation; 3) Decision, where one decides to adopt or reject; 4) Implementation, where one puts the innovation into use; 5) Confirmation, where one reinforces or reverses the decision. The rate of moving through these stages and adopting innovations varies between individuals and groups. Decisions can be optional, collective, or authority-based.
The Innovation-Decision Process model describes the process an individual or organization goes through in order to adopt or reject an innovation. It involves 5 sequential stages:
1) Knowledge - learning about the existence of an innovation,
2) Persuasion - forming an attitude toward the innovation,
3) Decision - deciding whether to adopt or reject the innovation,
4) Implementation - putting the innovation into use, and
5) Confirmation - reinforcing the decision and potentially reversing it if issues arise.
Rogers described the innovation-decision process as involving 5 stages: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation. In the knowledge stage, an individual learns about an innovation. In the persuasion stage, they form attitudes toward the innovation. During decision, they decide to adopt or reject. Implementation involves putting the innovation into practice. At confirmation, they seek reinforcement of their decision. Rogers also categorized adopters as innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards based on their willingness to adopt innovations. Innovators are the first to adopt while laggards are the last.
Diffusion of innovation------Innovation Decision ProcessAdesh Verma
This document summarizes Rogers' innovation-decision process model. It describes the five stages an individual or organization goes through when adopting an innovation: 1) knowledge, 2) persuasion, 3) decision, 4) implementation, and 5) confirmation. At each stage, the individual forms perceptions and evaluates the innovation. Communication channels and the social system influence how quickly an innovation is adopted. The innovation-decision period is the length of time it takes an individual or organization to progress through all five stages when deciding to adopt or reject an innovation.
This document summarizes key concepts from Chapter 5 of Diffusion of Innovations by Everett Rogers, including:
1. The innovation-decision process consists of 5 stages: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation.
2. At the knowledge stage, an individual learns of an innovation's existence. Selective exposure and perception influence what information is attended to.
3. During the persuasion stage, an individual forms attitudes towards the innovation. Interpersonal channels are more important than mass media here.
4. Earliest adopters have shorter innovation-decision periods than later adopters due to greater openness to new ideas.
The document discusses key concepts related to the diffusion and adoption of innovations. It defines diffusion as the process by which an innovation spreads through certain channels over time among members of a social system. The adoption process involves 5 stages - awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, and adoption. Key attributes that influence adoption rate are relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability. Adopters are categorized into 5 groups - innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards based on when they adopt innovations.
The document discusses Rogers' theory of the diffusion of innovations. It defines diffusion as the process by which an innovation spreads through a social system over time. Key aspects of the theory covered include the five stages of adoption (knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, confirmation), adopter categories (innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, laggards), and characteristics of innovations that influence adoption rates (relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, observability). Marketing strategies like skimming and penetration are discussed as ways to influence the rate of an innovation's diffusion.
The document discusses models of the adoption of innovations by farmers. It describes several stage-based models including a 5-stage model of awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, and adoption. A 7-stage model is also presented consisting of need, awareness, interest, deliberation, trial, evaluation, and adoption. Several key points are made about the adoption process including that it is not a single decision but a process involving learning, thinking, and acting over time through different mental stages.
1. Diffusion is the process by which an innovation is communicated over time among members of a social system. It involves an innovation, communication channels, time, and a social system.
2. There are five stages in the adoption process: knowledge, persuasion, decision, implementation, and confirmation. Adopter categories include innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards.
3. Key aspects of diffusion include the innovation's attributes, the communication channels, the adopter's innovativeness, and the social system's norms and structure. Adoption occurs after an individual passes through awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, and adoption stages.
The document discusses Rogers' innovation-decision process model which describes the steps an individual goes through when adopting an innovation. The five steps are: 1) knowledge, 2) persuasion, 3) decision, 4) implementation, and 5) confirmation. At each step, individuals gain awareness, form attitudes, decide to adopt or reject, use the innovation, and reinforce their decision. Communication channels and the degree of re-invention affect how quickly innovations diffuse through a social system.
This document discusses the key concepts of diffusion of innovations, including adoption, diffusion, innovation, and the innovation-decision process. It defines these terms and explains the elements and characteristics of diffusion, including innovation characteristics like relative advantage and complexity. It also outlines the stages of the innovation-decision process and describes different categories of adopters from innovators to laggards.
A theory that seeks to explain how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread. Everett Rogers, a professor of communication studies, popularized the theory in his book Diffusion of Innovations
Change Process of Human Health behaviourdr natasha
- The document discusses attitudes, the change process, and resistance to change in the context of health promotion and education.
- It defines attitude as a tendency to react in a particular way, and identifies three components: cognitive, feeling, and action tendency.
- Two models of the change process are described: Rogers' five stages of awareness, interest, evaluation, trial, and adoption. Lewin's three phases of unfreezing old attitudes, moving to new attitudes, and refreezing the change.
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The document discusses Tuckman's 4 stages of teaming: forming, storming, norming, and performing. In forming, team members begin to familiarize themselves and exchange expectations. Storming is when conflict may arise as roles and procedures are established. Norming occurs as the conflict is resolved and roles are clarified. Finally, in performing, the team works interdependently to achieve goals.
Types of innovation decisions, consequences of innovation-decisionsRameshwar sahu
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The document summarizes Rogers' innovation-decision process model which describes the steps individuals go through from first learning about an innovation to deciding whether to adopt it. The five steps are: (1) knowledge, (2) persuasion, (3) decision, (4) implementation, and (5) confirmation. It then provides an example of the diffusion of hybrid seed corn among Iowa farmers in the 1930s-1940s to illustrate how farmers progressed through these stages.
A presentation that I did on 02-Nov-2020 within the "Seminar in Communication Theories and Literature" course under the supervision of Dr. Shahira Fahmy @ The American University in Cairo. Dr. Everette Rogers is inspirational and Innovator himself!
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2. INTRODUCTION
Adoption is a decision to make full
use of an innovation as a best
course of action available.
Adoption Process: According to
Rogers, “adoption process is the
mental process through which
an individual passes from hearing
about an innovation to final
adoption”. Adoption process occurs
at individual level
3. An innovation diffuses within a social
system through its adoption by individuals
and groups.
The decision to adopt an innovation,
however, “is not normally a single,
instantaneous act”, it involves a process.
The “adoption process” is a decision-
making process goes through a number of
mental stages before making a final
decision to adopt an innovation.
4. In their pioneering work of diffusion of hybrid corn
seed in two Iowa’s communities in the United
States, Ryan and Gross (1943) first drew attention
to the existence of a sequence of stages in the
process of adoption by farmers
(1) “awareness” of the existence of an innovation
(2)“conviction” of its usefulness,
(3) “acceptance” in the sense of willingness to try
the innovations which is followed by its
(4) “complete adoption”.
5. The existence of an adoption process involving four
interrelated stages was also outlined by Wilkening
(1953).
He described that the adoption of innovation as a
process composed of learning, deciding and acting
over a period of time.
The adoption of a specific practice is not the result
of a single decision to act but series of actions and
thought decisions.
He identified four adoption stages namely,
awareness, obtaining information, conviction, trial
and adoption.
6. As already discussed, adoption is essentially as
decision – making process.
According to Johnson and Haver (1955), decision-
making involves the following steps:-
(i) Observing the problems
(ii) Making analysis of it
(iii) Deciding the available courses of action
(iv) Taking one course and
(v) Accepting the consequence of the decision
7. Decision - making is a process comprising
a sequence of stages with a distinct type
of activity occurring during each stage.
Similarly, the way in which an individual
adopts an innovation is viewed as a
process, a series of related events in a
time sequence.
8. The North Central Rural Sociology
Subcommittee for the study of Diffusion of
Farm Practices (1955) identified 5 stages of the
adoption process, which received world wide
attention.
They are:-
1) Awareness
2) Interest
3) Evaluation
4) Trial
5)Adoption.
10. At this stage an individual becomes aware of
some new idea such as maize hybrid or new
pesticide.
He knows about the existence of the new
idea but he lacks details about it...
For instance, he may know only the name
and may not know what the idea or product
is, what it will do or how it will work.
11. At the interest stage, a person wants more
information about the idea or product.
He wants to know what it is, how it works
and what its potentialities are.
He may say to himself that this might help
him increase his income, or help him control
insects or diseases or improve farming or
home life in some other way.
12. At this stage, the individual makes mental
application of the new idea to the present and
anticipated future situations and decides
whether or not to try it.
He applies the information obtained in the
previous stages to his own situation.
At this stage, the individual judges the worth of
the innovation.
The person makes an assessment whether the
idea is applicable to own situation, and if
applied what would be the result.
He asks himself “can I do it? And if I do it, will it
be better than I am doing now; will it increase
my income or otherwise bring me satisfaction?”
13. The individual actually applies the new idea on a small
scale in order to determine its utility in own situation.
If he decides that the idea has possibilities for him he will
try it.
The trial stage is characterized by small-scale
experimental use, and by the need for specific information
which deals with:
“How do I do it; how much I do I use; when do I do it; how
can I make it work best for me?”
Apparently individuals need to test a new idea even though
they have thought about it for a long time and gathered
information concerning it.
Trial may be considered as the practical evaluation of the
innovation.
It provides evidence of the advantages of the innovation.
14. This final stage in the process is characterized by
large scale, continued use of the idea, and most
of all, by satisfaction with the idea.
Trial may be considered as the practical
evaluation of an innovation.
It provides evidence of advantages of the
innovation.
Being satisfied with the trial and considering the
pros and cons of the situation, the individual
takes final decision and applies the innovation in
a scale appropriate to own situation on a
continued basis.
15. These five stages are not necessarily a rigid
pattern which people follow.
These stages are influenced by cultural
differences and social factors as well as by the
kind of practice, place and person.
At any stage the recommendation can be thrown
off.
There can be jumping from one stage to another.
If the farmers have confidence in the extension
worker, and his recommendations, they may
jump form “evaluation” to “adoption” stage.
16. Further, it should be remembered that there
is no complete agreement as to the number
of stages in the adoption process, although
there is general consensus on the existence
of stages and that adoption is seldom an
impulse decision.
For instance Singh and Pareek (1960) have
developed a seven stage model of the
adoption process.
18. This is a stage when an
individual wishes to change his
existing practices, Express
dissatisfaction and develops a
compromise.
19. The individual just comes to
know about an innovation
without knowing the details of
it.
20. He makes an attempt to know
more about the innovation. Asks
extension agents / friends and
seeks information and sees the
innovation.
21. This is a stage of deliberation and mental
evaluation. The individual mentally examines
the possibility of application of the
innovation under own condition.
He seeks advice of opinion leaders, observes
the performance at different places and
discusses with family members.
The individual then takes a decision to try
out or reject the idea.
22. An individual uses an
innovation in part or
sometimes in full.
The individual applies the
practice on a limited scale to
observe the performance
under own conditions.
23. The individual evaluates the performance of the
innovation.
The individual observes the performance of an
innovation on various dimensions.
Collects data on the performance of an
innovation on others’ situations.
Compares the performance of the new with the
old one and figures out changes which will be
necessary if innovation is to be adopted.
Calculates input- output, risks, uncertainties
etc.
24. It is a decision to use
the practices on
continued basis.