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.
Finn, Symma (author), O'Fallon, Liam (author), and Division of Extramural Research and Training, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Resources, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2017-04
Published:
USA: Superintendent of Documents
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 164 Document Number: D08303
Goldberg, Matthew H. (author), Van der Linden, Sander (author), Ballew, Matthew T. (author), Rosenthal, Seth A. (author), Gustafson, Abel (author), Leiserowitz, Anthony (author), and Yale University
University of Cambridge
Format:
Online journal article
Publication Date:
2019-10-01
Published:
United States: SAGE Journals
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11064
14 pages, via online journal, Research on the gateway belief model indicates that communicating the scientific consensus on global warming acts as a “gateway” to other beliefs and support for action. We test whether a video conveying the scientific consensus on global warming is more effective than a text transcript with the same information. Results show that the video was significantly more effective than the transcript in increasing people’s perception of scientific agreement. Structural equation models indicate indirect increases in the beliefs that global warming is happening and is human-caused, and in worry about global warming, which in turn predict increased global warming issue priority.
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
International: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D09728
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188 pages, Explores options for scientists to consider in making their own judgments about how they would like to position themselves in relation to policy and politics.
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
Buttel, Frederick H. (author / Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1983
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05410
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AGRICOLA IND 85057105; Evans, In: Haynes, R. and Lanier, R., eds. Agriculture, change and human values : proceedings of a multidisciplinary conference. Gainesville, FL : The Program, 1983. v. 2, p. 977-1012
