摘要：The main objective of the study was to identify barriers and incentives that influence the potential adoption of biofuels crops by smallholder farmers. The study utilized a semi-structured questionnaire to record responses from 129 smallholder farmers that were identified through a snowballing sampling technique. The respondents were from the Oliver Tambo and Chris Hani District Municipalities in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. A Heckman two-step model was applied to analyze the data. Results obtained show that variables; arable land, incentives offered, challenges faced, labor source, were statistically significant to awareness of farmers to biofuels crops. Adoption of biofuels crops was statistical related to gender, qualification, membership to an association and knowledge on biofuels. It is recommended that smallholder farmers should be made aware of the proposed biofuels crops in order for them to adopt. Furthermore, for the biofuels industry to succeed, farmers in the semi-arid regions need to be educated on land improvement and notified of the expected returns if they are to participate in the production of biofuels crops.
关键词：barriers; incentives; adoption; South Africa; biofuels; smallholder
