期刊
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
卷 46, 期 1, 页码 81-97出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/agec.12142
关键词
C36; C93; D71; D81; Innovation adoption; Soil conservation and water harvesting; Smallholder agriculture; Ethiopia
资金
- Foundation fiat panis
- Food Security Center from the University of Hohenheim, which is part of the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) program
- DAAD
- German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Many developing countries grapple with high rates of farmland degradation and low agricultural productivity amidst increasing climate variability. Considerable efforts have been exerted to promote the diffusion of improved farmland management to address these challenges. Despite these efforts, adoption rates, especially of soil conservation and water harvesting technologies, are still low, which has been the subject of investigation in several studies in Ethiopia and elsewhere. Most studies on the adoption of these technologies, however, tend to focus on economic incentives only, paying little attention to the role of social capital. This article provides evidence of the effects of different dimensions of social capital on innovation adoption across households holding different levels of risk aversion. We address this issue by using cross section and panel data from Ethiopia. Results show that social capital plays a significant role in enhancing the adoption of improved farmland management practices. We also find evidence that the effect of social capital across households with heterogeneous risk taking behavior is different.
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