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Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Hirvonen, Kalle (author) and Headey, Derek (author)
Format:
Online journal article
Publication Date:
2018-12
Published:
Science Direct
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10242
Journal Title:
Global Food Security
Journal Title Details:
19 : 40-47
Notes:
Low intake of fruits and vegetables is a major cause of micronutrient deficiencies in the developing world. Since the 1980s, various non-governmental organizations have promoted homestead gardening (HG) programs, first in Asia, but now increasingly in Africa. Longstanding concerns with HG programs are: (1) they lack scalability, particularly for governments; (2) they only work in areas with/without good access to markets; and (3) they are only suitable for more water-abundant ecologies. We assess these concerns by analyzing a large and novel survey on the adoption of a nationwide HG program implemented by the Ethiopian government. We find that better market access encourages HG adoption; so too does greater public promotion of HGs, but only in more water-abundant ecologies. © 2018 The Authors
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.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Deichmann, Uwe (author), Goyal, Aparajita (author), and Mishra, Deepak (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2016
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08261
Journal Title:
Agricultural Economics
Journal Title Details:
47 Supplement, 21-33
Notes:
Focuses on results in World Development Report 2016: Digital Divide, published by the World Bank.