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    112. The effects of a participatory approach on the adoption of agricultural technology: focusing on the social network structure in rural Ethiopia

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Takahashi, Ryo (author), Todo, Yasuyuki (author), and Degefa, Terefe (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2015
    Published:
    Ethiopia
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10921
    Journal Title:
    Studies in Agricultural Economics
    Journal Title Details:
    117 : 50-56
    Notes:
    This study empirically examined the effects of the participatory approach on the adoption of new crop varieties and agricultural practices. Particularly, we focused on the social network structure and examined how the introduced technologies diffused through networks in rural Ethiopia. Our empirical results indicate that if farmers knew and trusted fellow participants, the probability of adopting a new variety increased by 25 percentage points. However, this network had no statistical impact on the diffusion of new agricultural practices. We conclude that the participatory approach has great potential in the adoption of new crop varieties through the social networks of farmers in Ethiopia.

    117. An international short course for training professionals as effective science communicators

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Sarathchandra, Dilshani (author) and Maredia, Karim H. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2014-10
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 140 Document Number: D06037
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Extension
    Journal Title Details:
    52(5) : 5TOT7
    Notes:
    4 pages., Report on a short course for international participants at Michigan State University, 2010-2012.