Adopters group

Description

Non-adopters

Maize Producers who don’t know or know improved varieties of “Early Thai” and “Suwan 1” maize in 2013, but did not use them in 2013, 2014 and 2015

Laggards/abandoners

Maize producers who have used the improved seeds but ended their use.

Late adopters

Maize producers who adopted late namely at the end of seed dissemination project. They knew improved varieties since 2013 but did not sow them until 2015.

Followers

Maize producers who knew improved varieties but have started using them in 2014 and continued to do so.

Pioneers/Innovators

Maize producers who sowed the improved varieties from the beginning of the project in 2013 and continued to use them until the end of the project in 2015.