The effects of a participatory approach on the adoption of agricultural technology: Focusing on the social network structure in rural Ethiopia

Ryo Takahashi, Yasuyuki Todo and Terefe Degefa

Studies in Agricultural Economics, 2015, vol. 117, issue 01, 7

Abstract: 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 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.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.206116

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