Rural innovation systems and networks: Findings from a study of Ethiopian smallholders
Agriculture in Ethiopia is changing. New players, relationships, and policies are influencing how smallholders access and use information and knowledge. Although this growing complexity suggests opportunities for Ethiopian smallholders, too little is known about how these opportunities can be effect...
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| author | Spielman, David J. Davis, Kristin E. Negash, Martha Ayele, Gezahegn |
| author_browse | Ayele, Gezahegn Davis, Kristin E. Negash, Martha Spielman, David J. |
| author_facet | Spielman, David J. Davis, Kristin E. Negash, Martha Ayele, Gezahegn |
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| description | Agriculture in Ethiopia is changing. New players, relationships, and policies are influencing how smallholders access and use information and knowledge. Although this growing complexity suggests opportunities for Ethiopian smallholders, too little is known about how these opportunities can be effectively leveraged to promote pro-poor processes of rural innovation. This paper examines Ethiopia's smallholder agricultural sector to provide qualitative insights into the interactions between smallholders and other actors in the agricultural sector and the contribution those interactions make to the smallholders' innovation processes. Case studies of smallholder innovation networks in 10 communities suggest that public sector extension and administration exert a strong influence over smallholders' access to knowledge and information relative to market or civil society actors. Given the priority the Ethiopian government has placed on improving rural welfare by increasing market access among smallholders, the findings of this study may suggest the need to further explore policies and programs that create more space for market and civil society actors to participate in smallholder innovation networks. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1601902025-11-06T07:20:51Z Rural innovation systems and networks: Findings from a study of Ethiopian smallholders Spielman, David J. Davis, Kristin E. Negash, Martha Ayele, Gezahegn agricultural development innovation technology social networks social learning agricultural sciences smallholders Agriculture in Ethiopia is changing. New players, relationships, and policies are influencing how smallholders access and use information and knowledge. Although this growing complexity suggests opportunities for Ethiopian smallholders, too little is known about how these opportunities can be effectively leveraged to promote pro-poor processes of rural innovation. This paper examines Ethiopia's smallholder agricultural sector to provide qualitative insights into the interactions between smallholders and other actors in the agricultural sector and the contribution those interactions make to the smallholders' innovation processes. Case studies of smallholder innovation networks in 10 communities suggest that public sector extension and administration exert a strong influence over smallholders' access to knowledge and information relative to market or civil society actors. Given the priority the Ethiopian government has placed on improving rural welfare by increasing market access among smallholders, the findings of this study may suggest the need to further explore policies and programs that create more space for market and civil society actors to participate in smallholder innovation networks. 2008 2024-11-21T09:50:14Z 2024-11-21T09:50:14Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160190 en https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-010-9273-y Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Spielman, David J.; Davis, Kristin E.; Negash, Martha; Ayele, Gezahegn. 2008. Rural innovation systems and networks: Findings from a study of Ethiopian smallholders. IFPRI Discussion Paper 759. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160190 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural development innovation technology social networks social learning agricultural sciences smallholders Spielman, David J. Davis, Kristin E. Negash, Martha Ayele, Gezahegn Rural innovation systems and networks: Findings from a study of Ethiopian smallholders |
| title | Rural innovation systems and networks: Findings from a study of Ethiopian smallholders |
| title_full | Rural innovation systems and networks: Findings from a study of Ethiopian smallholders |
| title_fullStr | Rural innovation systems and networks: Findings from a study of Ethiopian smallholders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rural innovation systems and networks: Findings from a study of Ethiopian smallholders |
| title_short | Rural innovation systems and networks: Findings from a study of Ethiopian smallholders |
| title_sort | rural innovation systems and networks findings from a study of ethiopian smallholders |
| topic | agricultural development innovation technology social networks social learning agricultural sciences smallholders |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160190 |
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