Private business can announce technology in advertisements or demonstrate it at fairs. Governments have a role in monitoring claims and educating broadly. Although the transfer of new varieties proceeds quickly and easily, transferring systems of management requires persistence. For example, America established the Conservation Technology Information Center in 1982 to encourage conservation tillage. Great progress has been made, but after 17 years, adoption is still ongoing.
Uncertainties cloud the favourable outlook for the transfer of agricultural technology.
Because people transfer technology most readily to solve a problem that is serious, certain and imminent, the uncertainty of climate change hinders transfer. When, for example, climatologists assessing the climate for the next few years cannot agree whether it will be wetter or drier, no farmer will pay to mitigate emissions or invest in irrigation or drainage. The growing role of private business and intellectual property rights introduces unfamiliar rules. At the same time, slowing public research adds to the problem. Growth of national establishments has also slowed.