Farmers’ social networks and the diffusion of modern crop varieties in India
The main aim of this paper is to assess the relevance of caste-based social networks in the dissemination of technologies and innovations in the Indian agriculture.Using the unit-level data from a large-scale farm survey, this paper constructs a multidimensional index of social networks encompassing...
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| author | Negi, Digvijay Singh Birthal, Pratap S. Kumar, Anjani Tripathi, Gaurav |
| author_browse | Birthal, Pratap S. Kumar, Anjani Negi, Digvijay Singh Tripathi, Gaurav |
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| description | The main aim of this paper is to assess the relevance of caste-based social networks in the dissemination of technologies and innovations in the Indian agriculture.Using the unit-level data from a large-scale farm survey, this paper constructs a multidimensional index of social networks encompassing households' castes and information sources within the administrative boundaries of a district and subsequently assesses its association with the adoption of modern seeds of staple food crops.There is a strong effect of caste-based networks on the adoption of modern seeds of different crops, but the effect is linked to the stage of technological change, i.e. the network effect is stronger for the crop that has experienced late technological change. Further, the behavior of network members is found to have a bigger impact on the individuals' technology adoption decisions as compared to the characteristics of individuals in the network.Given likely, increases in demand for diverse information and limited outreach of public extension systems, the findings suggest that in a socially heterogeneous society the caste-based social networks can serve as an important channel for the dissemination of information and innovations.What is unique in this paper is that it constructs a multidimensional index of social networks embedding the farm households' castes and information sources within the administratively defined boundaries of a geographical region. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1413992025-12-08T10:29:22Z Farmers’ social networks and the diffusion of modern crop varieties in India Negi, Digvijay Singh Birthal, Pratap S. Kumar, Anjani Tripathi, Gaurav innovation crop varieties information dissemination technology adoption social networks surveys farmers technology households crops cereals varieties agricultural technologies information cereal crops caste systems The main aim of this paper is to assess the relevance of caste-based social networks in the dissemination of technologies and innovations in the Indian agriculture.Using the unit-level data from a large-scale farm survey, this paper constructs a multidimensional index of social networks encompassing households' castes and information sources within the administrative boundaries of a district and subsequently assesses its association with the adoption of modern seeds of staple food crops.There is a strong effect of caste-based networks on the adoption of modern seeds of different crops, but the effect is linked to the stage of technological change, i.e. the network effect is stronger for the crop that has experienced late technological change. Further, the behavior of network members is found to have a bigger impact on the individuals' technology adoption decisions as compared to the characteristics of individuals in the network.Given likely, increases in demand for diverse information and limited outreach of public extension systems, the findings suggest that in a socially heterogeneous society the caste-based social networks can serve as an important channel for the dissemination of information and innovations.What is unique in this paper is that it constructs a multidimensional index of social networks embedding the farm households' castes and information sources within the administratively defined boundaries of a geographical region. 2022-01-26 2024-04-12T13:37:50Z 2024-04-12T13:37:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141399 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133684 Limited Access Emerald Publishing Limited Negi, Digvijay Singh; Birthal, Pratap Singh; Kumar, Anjani; and Tripathi, Gaurav. Farmers’ social networks and the diffusion of modern crop varieties in India. International Journal of Emerging Markets 17(2): 368-385. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-04-2020-0407 |
| spellingShingle | innovation crop varieties information dissemination technology adoption social networks surveys farmers technology households crops cereals varieties agricultural technologies information cereal crops caste systems Negi, Digvijay Singh Birthal, Pratap S. Kumar, Anjani Tripathi, Gaurav Farmers’ social networks and the diffusion of modern crop varieties in India |
| title | Farmers’ social networks and the diffusion of modern crop varieties in India |
| title_full | Farmers’ social networks and the diffusion of modern crop varieties in India |
| title_fullStr | Farmers’ social networks and the diffusion of modern crop varieties in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmers’ social networks and the diffusion of modern crop varieties in India |
| title_short | Farmers’ social networks and the diffusion of modern crop varieties in India |
| title_sort | farmers social networks and the diffusion of modern crop varieties in india |
| topic | innovation crop varieties information dissemination technology adoption social networks surveys farmers technology households crops cereals varieties agricultural technologies information cereal crops caste systems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141399 |
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