Effects of farmers' social networks on knowledge acquisition: Lessons from agricultural training in rural Indonesia

Artikel

Agricultural information is transferred through social interactions; therefore, ties to agricultural informants and network structures within farmers' local neighborhoods determine their information-gathering abilities. This paper uses a spatial autoregressive model that takes account of spatial autocorrelation to examine such network connections, including friendship networks and advice networks, upon farmers' knowledge-gathering abilities during formal agricultural training. We found that peer advice networks are important to support knowledge-gathering activities, while friendship networks are not. Further examination of network structures confirms that farmers who occupy a central position in their local neighborhood networks are found to perform better in learning outcomes to some extent, indicating that local network position is positively related to problem-solving ability in an unknown environment outside their locale.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: Journal of Economic Structures ; ISSN: 2193-2409 ; Volume: 6 ; Year: 2017 ; Issue: 8 ; Pages: 1-23 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Informationsverhalten ; Landwirte ; Soziales Netzwerk ; Räumliche Statistik ; Indonesien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pratiwi, Ayu ; Suzuki, Aya
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer
• (where): Heidelberg
• (when): 2017

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1186/s40008-017-0069-8
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/194945
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET