Incentivizing Social Learning for the Diffusion of Climate-Smart Agricultural Techniques

Unsustainable land use is a key threat to both economic development and environmental conservation in developing countries. This study implemented a randomized controlled trial in arid Burkina Faso to test the effectiveness of financial incentives...

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Main Authors:	Adjognon, Guigonan Serge, Huy, Tung Nguyen, Guthoff, Jonas, van Soest, Daan
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:	UNSUSTAINABLE LAND USE SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS CROP PRODUCTIVITY SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT BENEFITS SUSTAINABLE LAND USE TRAINING AGRICULTURAL TRAINING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PEER-TO-PEER LAND USE TRAINING LAND USE SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099725105112215512/IDU0bf2622ac08c8e049e60b8fd085a5d5028e76 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37440

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spelling	okr-10986-374402022-05-17T05:10:32Z Incentivizing Social Learning for the Diffusion of Climate-Smart Agricultural Techniques Adjognon, Guigonan Serge Huy, Tung Nguyen Guthoff, Jonas van Soest, Daan UNSUSTAINABLE LAND USE SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS CROP PRODUCTIVITY SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT BENEFITS SUSTAINABLE LAND USE TRAINING AGRICULTURAL TRAINING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PEER-TO-PEER LAND USE TRAINING LAND USE SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES Unsustainable land use is a key threat to both economic development and environmental conservation in developing countries. This study implemented a randomized controlled trial in arid Burkina Faso to test the effectiveness of financial incentives in stimulating the adoption of sustainable land management practices (SLMPs). It did so in the context of a so-called cascade training program, in which some farmers were trained in the implementation of sustainable land management practices, who were then asked to disseminate their newly acquired knowledge and expertise to other farmers in their social networks. The study finds that offering payments conditional on adoption improves both the transfer of information from the trained to the peer farmers, as well as the peer farmers' sustainable land management practices adoption rates. Offering financial incentives thus mitigates two of the most important barriers to the adoption of sustainable land management practices – the (perceived) lack of private benefits and insufficient diffusion of the technical implementation information from the trained farmers to their peers. Finally, the study documents that adoption of sustainable land management practices generates substantial increases in crop productivity and agricultural income already after one agricultural cycle. 2022-05-16T15:07:48Z 2022-05-16T15:07:48Z 2022-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099725105112215512/IDU0bf2622ac08c8e049e60b8fd085a5d5028e76 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37440 English Policy Research Working Paper;10041 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Burkina Faso
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topic	UNSUSTAINABLE LAND USE SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS CROP PRODUCTIVITY SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT BENEFITS SUSTAINABLE LAND USE TRAINING AGRICULTURAL TRAINING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PEER-TO-PEER LAND USE TRAINING LAND USE SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES
spellingShingle	UNSUSTAINABLE LAND USE SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS CROP PRODUCTIVITY SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT BENEFITS SUSTAINABLE LAND USE TRAINING AGRICULTURAL TRAINING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PEER-TO-PEER LAND USE TRAINING LAND USE SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES Adjognon, Guigonan Serge Huy, Tung Nguyen Guthoff, Jonas van Soest, Daan Incentivizing Social Learning for the Diffusion of Climate-Smart Agricultural Techniques
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description	Unsustainable land use is a key threat to both economic development and environmental conservation in developing countries. This study implemented a randomized controlled trial in arid Burkina Faso to test the effectiveness of financial incentives in stimulating the adoption of sustainable land management practices (SLMPs). It did so in the context of a so-called cascade training program, in which some farmers were trained in the implementation of sustainable land management practices, who were then asked to disseminate their newly acquired knowledge and expertise to other farmers in their social networks. The study finds that offering payments conditional on adoption improves both the transfer of information from the trained to the peer farmers, as well as the peer farmers' sustainable land management practices adoption rates. Offering financial incentives thus mitigates two of the most important barriers to the adoption of sustainable land management practices – the (perceived) lack of private benefits and insufficient diffusion of the technical implementation information from the trained farmers to their peers. Finally, the study documents that adoption of sustainable land management practices generates substantial increases in crop productivity and agricultural income already after one agricultural cycle.
format	Working Paper
author	Adjognon, Guigonan Serge Huy, Tung Nguyen Guthoff, Jonas van Soest, Daan
author_facet	Adjognon, Guigonan Serge Huy, Tung Nguyen Guthoff, Jonas van Soest, Daan
author_sort	Adjognon, Guigonan Serge
title	Incentivizing Social Learning for the Diffusion of Climate-Smart Agricultural Techniques
title_short	Incentivizing Social Learning for the Diffusion of Climate-Smart Agricultural Techniques
title_full	Incentivizing Social Learning for the Diffusion of Climate-Smart Agricultural Techniques
title_fullStr	Incentivizing Social Learning for the Diffusion of Climate-Smart Agricultural Techniques
title_full_unstemmed	Incentivizing Social Learning for the Diffusion of Climate-Smart Agricultural Techniques
title_sort	incentivizing social learning for the diffusion of climate-smart agricultural techniques
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2022
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099725105112215512/IDU0bf2622ac08c8e049e60b8fd085a5d5028e76 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37440
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Incentivizing Social Learning for the Diffusion of Climate-Smart Agricultural Techniques

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