Posts Tagged ‘technology adoption’

Inspiring creative business: capturing emerging issues

Posted in Business on December 11th, 2009 by iip – 9 Comments

Human creativity is the ultimate economic resource, said the economists commenting on future business predictions. In many countries, creative industries have been increasingly contributing to national income as well as providing more jobs. Enabling regulations and high technology adoption seems linked to the development of creative business.
Most people perhaps notice that creative business grows as people become more engage with the latest technology such social media application within internet. But, the creative business has wider range of matters. More ideas are invented and feasible, then it might become next market trendsetter and thus drawing business deals. It doesn’t matter whatever current business niche, from carbon trading business to car accessories service creativity become more relevant in more connected worlds. I highlight on carbon trading business which is getting prospective in recent and next years.

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Global warming issues and agroforestry adoption

Posted in Earth on May 23rd, 2009 by iip – 1 Comment

Promoting agroforestry could be better option for rural poor in combating global warming issues. Agroforestry have been practiced for ages but less recognized by many governments. In agroforestry practice, farmers are benefits farm yield as well as from trees planted. They manage such tree based farm system to meets their needs of food and energy.

Agroforestry innovations have been introduced as an effort of development on market based agricultural commodities. It changes technological factors in production process to increase their productivity and enhance quality of agricultural commodities. Questioning how the impact of such innovations will lead to the process of new technological factors adopted by farmers.

Promoting agroforestry practice request better understanding on adoption process.

Adoption is wide-range term that describing changes process from mental perspective to practical agricultural economics. In farm-level, according to Feder et al (1985) economist defined adoption as the degree of use of a new technology in long-run equilibrium when the farmer has full information about the new technology and its potential.

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