TY - JOUR
AU - Garst, Ronald D.
AB - INNOVATION DIFFUSION AMONG THE GUSH OF KENYA RONALD D. GARST University of Maryland Agriculture is the most important sec­ higher yields per acre. The rate at which tor of the Kenyan economy. Lack of production is expanded is directly relat­ large scale mineral deposits has forced ed to the rate of adoption of innovations the government to focus attention on which may allow greater productivity on agricultural expansion while at the same the same amount of land. Thus, the time attempting to accommodate the speed of agricultural innovation adop­ ever-growing urban population. The tion is intimately tied to the success or basic premise of the 1970-74 Kenya De­ failure of the rural development thrust velopment Plan is that " ... rural devel­ in Kenya. It is the purpose of this re­ search to investigate the spatial diffusion opment should not be seen as a special programme but as the underlying strat­ process in one rural area of Kenya to determine the facilitating and constrain­ egy of the whole plan" [7]. Reasons for the emphasis on rural development are ing factors, to examine the role of social characteristics and communication me­ three. First, there is the desire to attain a 
TI - Innovation Diffusion Among the Gusii of Kenya
JF - Economic Geography
DO - 10.2307/143057
DA - 1974-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/innovation-diffusion-among-the-gusii-of-kenya-6plkoSpCZB
SP - 300
EP - 312
VL - 50
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -