Geographic information systems can help identify and better unravel the multiple effects

of location on farmer decisions about technology and land use.

 Lastly, researchers could explore the effects that the biophysical environment can

have on persistence behavior. For example, some studies show that farmers are more

willing to adopt new technologies when they are faced with poor biophysical conditions,

such as erosion and slope (Pattnayak, Mercer, Sills & Yang, 2003). This implies that

farmers persist in using certain behaviors under poorer physical conditions. The effects of

isolation or the proximity to certain natural resources such as lakes and rivers may hinder

or facilitate the use of certain preferred agricultural technologies.

 Limitation

 There was one major limitation to this study. A small sample size for each TAP

user group, especially the low TAP user group, reduced the amount and potential range of

responses for all measured variables. It also reduced the number of statistical tests that I

could perform. Further, this small size may not be representative of the association

between predictor and outcome variables and affect the theoretical generalizability of the

results.