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Measuring Innovation Adoption on Horticultural Farms: An Innovation Index and Its Determinants in the Tashkent and Fergana Regions of Uzbekistan

Iroda RustamovaFaculty of Agroeconomics, Logistics and Services, Tashkent State Agrarian University, Tashkent 100114, UzbekistanPRIMOV AbdullaThe German-Uzbek Chair on Central Asian Agricultural Economics (GUCAE), International Agriculture University, Tashkent 100114, UzbekistanFarkhod JoraevFaculty of Agroeconomics, Logistics and Services, Tashkent State Agrarian University, Tashkent 100114, UzbekistanAbdukholik MukhtorovZebo ShokhujaevaDepartment of Economics and Management, Tashkent State University of Oriental Studies, Tashkent 100060, UzbekistanHaydar KuvnakovFaculty of Agroeconomics, Logistics and Services, Tashkent State Agrarian University, Tashkent 100114, UzbekistanУмида СангироваDepartment of Economy, Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanisation Engineers, National Research University, Tashkent 100000, UzbekistanNurali MardievFaculty of Agroeconomics, Logistics and Services, Tashkent State Agrarian University, Tashkent 100114, UzbekistanShaxzod MadiyevFaculty of Agroeconomics, Logistics and Services, Tashkent State Agrarian University, Tashkent 100114, UzbekistanNazokat G’ulomovaDepartment of Economy, Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanisation Engineers, National Research University, Tashkent 100000, Uzbekistan

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Innovation is widely recognised as a driver of agricultural development. Still, measures that capture both the extent and depth of farm-level innovation remain scarce in transition economies such as Uzbekistan, where farm-level innovation statistics are not collected. This study aims to measure innovation levels on horticultural farms and identify the farm and farmer characteristics associated with adopting innovative technologies. Using survey data collected in January–February 2023 from 116 horticultural farms in the Tashkent and Fergana regions, we combine three tools: an innovation matrix, which catalogues the innovations adopted on each farm; an innovation index, which weights these innovations by their technological level and diffusion; and a probit model of adoption. The innovation index indicates a medium level of innovation in both regions, higher in Tashkent (0.51) than in Fergana (0.42). Overall, 64% of the farms have adopted at least one innovative technology. Awareness of innovative technologies, financial stability, off-farm income and education are positively associated with adoption. The index offers advisory services and policymakers a simple tool to monitor farm-level innovation and target support. The results also point to the need to strengthen advisory services and improve access to finance for horticultural farms.

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DOI: 10.3390/economies14110542

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