Evaluating the impact of social networks in rural innovation systems: An overview
In light of an increasing focus on new demand-driven extension approaches that aim at accelerating the adoption of innovative technologies by smallholder farmers in developing countries, greater analysis is needed of the role of rural social networks and their impact on technology adoption. This pap...
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| description | In light of an increasing focus on new demand-driven extension approaches that aim at accelerating the adoption of innovative technologies by smallholder farmers in developing countries, greater analysis is needed of the role of rural social networks and their impact on technology adoption. This paper contributes to this topic by reviewing selected studies on rural social networks and by outlining a research approach that combines social network analysis with econometric estimation techniques in one coherent framework to strengthen the study of technology adoption by smallholders. If applied, such a framework could help establish which network characteristics have the greatest impact on technology uptake, thereby lending support to and improving the design of new extension approaches. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1615602025-11-06T07:26:31Z Evaluating the impact of social networks in rural innovation systems: An overview Matuschke, Ira social network analysis econometric models innovation adoption information transfer In light of an increasing focus on new demand-driven extension approaches that aim at accelerating the adoption of innovative technologies by smallholder farmers in developing countries, greater analysis is needed of the role of rural social networks and their impact on technology adoption. This paper contributes to this topic by reviewing selected studies on rural social networks and by outlining a research approach that combines social network analysis with econometric estimation techniques in one coherent framework to strengthen the study of technology adoption by smallholders. If applied, such a framework could help establish which network characteristics have the greatest impact on technology uptake, thereby lending support to and improving the design of new extension approaches. 2008 2024-11-21T09:56:30Z 2024-11-21T09:56:30Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161560 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Matuschke, Ira. 2008. Evaluating the impact of social networks in rural innovation systems. IFPRI Discussion Paper 816. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161560 |
| spellingShingle | social network analysis econometric models innovation adoption information transfer Matuschke, Ira Evaluating the impact of social networks in rural innovation systems: An overview |
| title | Evaluating the impact of social networks in rural innovation systems: An overview |
| title_full | Evaluating the impact of social networks in rural innovation systems: An overview |
| title_fullStr | Evaluating the impact of social networks in rural innovation systems: An overview |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating the impact of social networks in rural innovation systems: An overview |
| title_short | Evaluating the impact of social networks in rural innovation systems: An overview |
| title_sort | evaluating the impact of social networks in rural innovation systems an overview |
| topic | social network analysis econometric models innovation adoption information transfer |
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