TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of a participatory approach on the adoption of agricultural technology
T2 - Focusing on the social network structure in rural Ethiopia
AU - Takahashi, Ryo
AU - Todo, Yasuyuki
AU - Degefa, Terefe
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research Number 22360171. The authors would like to thank M. Horita for the financial support. The authors would also like to thank K. Shiratori, S. Takeda, T. Seo, A. Bekele and H. Endeshaw for providing the opportunity to conduct this research and for their assistance in the data collection process.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, NAIK Research Institute of Agricultural Economics. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This study empirically examined the effects of the participatory approach on the adoption of new crop varieties and agricultural practices. Particularly, we focused on the social network structure and examined how the introduced technologies diffused through networks in rural Ethiopia. Our empirical results indicate that if farmers knew and trusted fellow participants, the probability of adopting a new maize variety increased by 25 percentage points. However, this network had no statistical impact on the diffusion of new agricultural practices. We conclude that the participatory approach has great potential in the adoption of new crop varieties through the social networks of farmers in Ethiopia.
AB - This study empirically examined the effects of the participatory approach on the adoption of new crop varieties and agricultural practices. Particularly, we focused on the social network structure and examined how the introduced technologies diffused through networks in rural Ethiopia. Our empirical results indicate that if farmers knew and trusted fellow participants, the probability of adopting a new maize variety increased by 25 percentage points. However, this network had no statistical impact on the diffusion of new agricultural practices. We conclude that the participatory approach has great potential in the adoption of new crop varieties through the social networks of farmers in Ethiopia.
KW - Farmer research group
KW - Impact evaluation
KW - Participatory research and extension
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U2 - 10.7896/j.1504
DO - 10.7896/j.1504
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85014694668
SN - 1418-2106
VL - 117
SP - 50
EP - 56
JO - Studies in Agricultural Economics
JF - Studies in Agricultural Economics
IS - 1
ER -