期刊
WORLD DEVELOPMENT
卷 105, 期 -, 页码 321-335出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.04.020
关键词
social networks; gender; innovations; agriculture; Ethiopia; Africa
资金
- European Union [290693 FOODSECURE]
This paper examines the existence of social learning in agriculture in Ethiopia. To be specific, we use a random matching within sample technique to collect data on social networks and to elicit details of the relationships and information exchange between network members. We find that shared kinship or membership in certain groups, informal forms of mutual insurance, and having frequent meetings with network members are all associated with a higher probability of forming an information link with a network member. Furthermore, we find evidence for a statistically significant and positive relationship between networks and the adoption of row-planting as well as yields for both male and female networks. However, the evidence for an inverse U-shaped relationship of social learning, that is, between the number of adopters in the network and the adoption of row-planting, is strongest for female networks. Our results, thus, suggest that extension services and other programs that promote agricultural innovations and seek yield improvement can benefit from social networks but that their success depends on identifying the right networks, such as those of female household members in the case of row-planting. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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