Case report about public service activities in the human dimensions program of the Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
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.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 136 Document Number: C20800
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Burton Swanson Collection, pages 69-80 from "50 years of Hohenheim extension studies 50 Jahre Hohenheimer Landwirtschaftliche Beratungslehre" ISBN 3823613553 in English and German
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 97 Document Number: C07998
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James F. Evans Collection, cited reference, In: J.L. Compton, ed. Transformation of international agricultural research and development. Boulder, CO: Lynne Reinner Publishers, Inc., 1989. p. 113-136
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 95 Document Number: C07352
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James F. Evans Collection, see C07346-C07351 (Also see item C02068 in Box 62), In: Cernea, M.M., J.K. Coulter, and J.F.A. Russell (eds.) Research, extension, farmer : a two-way continuum for agricultural development, proceedings of a World Bank and UNDP Symposium held in Denpasar, Indonesia, March 1984. Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 1985. p. 136-143
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes4 Document Number: D01553
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Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, Paper drafted for the Office of Rural Development, Bureau for Science and Technology, Agency for International Development. 41 pages.
