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Communicating with farmers through social networks

Low adoption of productive agricultural technologies is a puzzle. Agricultural extension services rely on external agents to communicate with farmers, although social networks are known to be the most credible source of information about new technologies. We conduct a large-scale field experiment on communication strategies in which extension workers are partnered with different members of social networks. We show that communicator actions and effort are susceptible to small performance incentives, and adoption rates vary by communicator type. Communicators who face conditions most comparable to target farmers are the most persuasive. Incorporating communication dynamics can enrich the literature on social learning.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Economic Growth Center Discussion Paper ; No. 1030

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
Agricultural R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
Thema
Social learning
Agriculture
Technology Adoption
Malawi

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Benyishay, Ariel
Mobarak, A. Mushfiq
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Yale University, Economic Growth Center
(wo)
New Haven, CT
(wann)
2013

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Benyishay, Ariel
  • Mobarak, A. Mushfiq
  • Yale University, Economic Growth Center

Entstanden

  • 2013

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