Knowledge and Adoption of Complex Agricultural Technologies : Evidence from an Extension Experiment
In most of Sub-Saharan Africa, agricultural extension models have become more decentralized and participatory and thus, rely on effective farmer-to-farmer learning, while increasingly including non-traditional forms of education. At the same time,...
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okr-10986-365522021-11-13T05:10:42Z Knowledge and Adoption of Complex Agricultural Technologies : Evidence from an Extension Experiment Hörner, Denise Bouguen, Adrien Frölich, Frölich Wollni, Meike AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SOIL FERTILITY TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION RURAL DEVELOPMENT RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS In most of Sub-Saharan Africa, agricultural extension models have become more decentralized and participatory and thus, rely on effective farmer-to-farmer learning, while increasingly including non-traditional forms of education. At the same time, agricultural technologies become more complex and are now often promoted as integrated packages, likely to increase the complexity of the diffusion process. Based on a randomized controlled trial, this study assesses the effects of ‘farmer-to-farmer’ extension and a video intervention on adoption of a complex technology package among 2,382 smallholders in Ethiopia. Both extension-only and extension combined with video increase adoption and knowledge of the package, especially of its more complex components; although on average, there is no additional effect of the video intervention on adoption. Knowledge and the number of adopted practices also increase among farmers not actively participating in extension activities, suggesting information diffusion. For this group, the additional video intervention has a reinforcing effect, and particularly fosters adoption of the integrated package. 2021-11-12T19:52:50Z 2021-11-12T19:52:50Z 2021-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/362861636121745084/Knowledge-and-Adoption-of-Complex-Agricultural-Technologies-Evidence-from-an-Extension-Experiment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36552 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9840 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Ethiopia |
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AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SOIL FERTILITY TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION RURAL DEVELOPMENT RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIALS Hörner, Denise Bouguen, Adrien Frölich, Frölich Wollni, Meike Knowledge and Adoption of Complex Agricultural Technologies : Evidence from an Extension Experiment |
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In most of Sub-Saharan Africa,
agricultural extension models have become more decentralized
and participatory and thus, rely on effective
farmer-to-farmer learning, while increasingly including
non-traditional forms of education. At the same time,
agricultural technologies become more complex and are now
often promoted as integrated packages, likely to increase
the complexity of the diffusion process. Based on a
randomized controlled trial, this study assesses the effects
of ‘farmer-to-farmer’ extension and a video intervention on
adoption of a complex technology package among 2,382
smallholders in Ethiopia. Both extension-only and extension
combined with video increase adoption and knowledge of the
package, especially of its more complex components; although
on average, there is no additional effect of the video
intervention on adoption. Knowledge and the number of
adopted practices also increase among farmers not actively
participating in extension activities, suggesting
information diffusion. For this group, the additional video
intervention has a reinforcing effect, and particularly
fosters adoption of the integrated package. |
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Working Paper |
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Hörner, Denise Bouguen, Adrien Frölich, Frölich Wollni, Meike |
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Hörner, Denise Bouguen, Adrien Frölich, Frölich Wollni, Meike |
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Hörner, Denise |
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Knowledge and Adoption of Complex Agricultural Technologies : Evidence from an Extension Experiment |
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Knowledge and Adoption of Complex Agricultural Technologies : Evidence from an Extension Experiment |
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Knowledge and Adoption of Complex Agricultural Technologies : Evidence from an Extension Experiment |
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Knowledge and Adoption of Complex Agricultural Technologies : Evidence from an Extension Experiment |
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Knowledge and Adoption of Complex Agricultural Technologies : Evidence from an Extension Experiment |
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knowledge and adoption of complex agricultural technologies : evidence from an extension experiment |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2021 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/362861636121745084/Knowledge-and-Adoption-of-Complex-Agricultural-Technologies-Evidence-from-an-Extension-Experiment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36552 |
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