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This study finds out factors affecting farmers’ adoption of the drought-tolerant rice varieties in Pangasinan, the Philippines, and measures the effects of the Farmer Field Schools (FFS) program on the adoption through the propensity score matching method. The results show that participants of FFS are more likely to adopt the drought-tolerant rice varieties by 9.9% compared to the non-participants from ordered probit models, and the average treatment effect on the treated is 19.0% through the propensity score matching. It also demonstrates that the FFS with the Local Farmer Technician system is effective in improving farmers’ adoption of the newly introduced varieties in the survey area. |
