... are used to analyze the farmers’ potential willingness to adopt GM rice and level of awareness of GM rice and socioeconomic characteristics. Ordered and binary probit models are applied to identify the key factors that affect the farmers’ decision to adopt GM insect-resistant rice. Findings Descriptive...

... behaviour Farmers Surveys Regression Probit model The knowledge of crop insurance variable shows a positive coefficient (0.152) as expected. This positive coefficient may be interpreted that as farmers gain more knowledge of crop insurance, they are more likely to purchase crop insurance...