Measuring Social Networks' Effects on Agricultural Technology Adoption

Technological improvements, perhaps especially in agriculture, drive sustainable advances in labor productivity, incomes, food security and general economic growth. But improved technologies are not adopted immediately, randomly or completely throughout a population. Any firm economic understanding...

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Published in:American journal of agricultural economics 2013-01, Vol.95 (2), p.353-359
Main Authors: Maertens, Annemie, Barrett, Christopher B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural technology
Applied economics
Economic growth
Economists
Emerging technology
Farm economics
Farmers
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Innovation adoption
Learning
Observational learning
Social interaction
Social networking
Social networks
Technological change
Theoretical and Empirical Innovations in Technology Adoption Modeling
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Summary:Technological improvements, perhaps especially in agriculture, drive sustainable advances in labor productivity, incomes, food security and general economic growth. But improved technologies are not adopted immediately, randomly or completely throughout a population. Any firm economic understanding of the diffusion of a new technology therefore depends on understanding the dynamic and cross-sectional patterns of technology adoption. While the noneconomic social sciences have long emphasized social networks' role in the diffusion of new technologies (Rogers 1962), economists by and large focused on access to input (including financial) and output markets, self-insurance associated with farm size and household wealth, and learning from extension services and experimentation (Feder, Just, and Zilberman 1985). Reprinted by permission of the American Agricultural Economics Association
ISSN:0002-9092
1467-8276
DOI:10.1093/ajae/aas049