Simulating the impact of livestock extension services on technology adoption, women’s empowerment, and farm income in Bangladesh

Paresh Kumar Sarma (), Mohammad Jahangir Alam (), Ismat Ara Begum () and Sheikh Mohammad Sayem ()
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Paresh Kumar Sarma: Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES), Bangladesh Agricultural University
Mohammad Jahangir Alam: Bangladesh Agricultural University, Department of Agribusiness and Marketing
Ismat Ara Begum: Bangladesh Agricultural University, Department of Agricultural Economics
Sheikh Mohammad Sayem: Bangladesh Agricultural University, Department of Agricultural and Applied Statistics

Journal of Social and Economic Development, 2025, vol. 27, issue 3, No 2, 765-788

Abstract: Abstract This study investigates the impact of livestock extension services (LES) on technology adoption, women’s empowerment, and farm income in Bangladesh. Inferential statistics and econometric models, namely principal component analysis, binary logistic regression, and simultaneous regression, are utilized. Data were collected from a sample of 906 livestock farmers in the southern Delta region. Results indicate that LES participant farmers scored 0.743 on the women’s empowerment in livestock index (WELI), while non-participant farmers scored 0.727. LES participant farmers had a 2.13 percent higher WELI score than non-participant farmers, and only 35.47% of women from livestock farming households were empowered (WELI ≥ 0.80). This suggests that LES has increased women’s empowerment by 2.13 percent. Additionally, LES is positively and significantly associated with household livestock farm income and technology adoption (p

Keywords: Extension services; ICT; Technology adoption; Binary logistic regression; 3SLS; WELI (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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