Neighbors follow early adopters under stress: Panel data analysis of submergence-tolerant rice in northern Bangladesh

The benefits of a stress‐tolerant crop become visible under the stresses that the crop is tolerant against. We investigate the adoption of submergence‐tolerant rice in northern Bangladesh by using panel data of 461 households, interviewed in 2013 and 2015. The sample households were randomly selecte...

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Main Authors: Yamano, Takashi, Malabayabas, Maria Luz, Habib, Md. Ashraful, Das, Subrata Kumar
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164895
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author Yamano, Takashi
Malabayabas, Maria Luz
Habib, Md. Ashraful
Das, Subrata Kumar
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Habib, Md. Ashraful
Malabayabas, Maria Luz
Yamano, Takashi
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Malabayabas, Maria Luz
Habib, Md. Ashraful
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description The benefits of a stress‐tolerant crop become visible under the stresses that the crop is tolerant against. We investigate the adoption of submergence‐tolerant rice in northern Bangladesh by using panel data of 461 households, interviewed in 2013 and 2015. The sample households were randomly selected in 31 villages where submergence‐tolerant rice seeds were given to a small number of farmers in each village. The results from the household fixed‐effects model indicate that submergence in the previous year increased the adoption of submergence‐tolerant rice. The adoption impact was larger among farmers who were neighbors of early seed recipients. Our results suggest that being neighbors of early seed recipients may have helped the neighboring farmers observe the benefits of the submergence‐tolerant rice under submergence. The results indicate the importance of the information flow from early recipients to neighboring farmers.
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spelling CGSpace1648952025-02-19T14:24:27Z Neighbors follow early adopters under stress: Panel data analysis of submergence-tolerant rice in northern Bangladesh Yamano, Takashi Malabayabas, Maria Luz Habib, Md. Ashraful Das, Subrata Kumar bangladesh farmers' attitudes stress tolerance submergence submergence tolerance The benefits of a stress‐tolerant crop become visible under the stresses that the crop is tolerant against. We investigate the adoption of submergence‐tolerant rice in northern Bangladesh by using panel data of 461 households, interviewed in 2013 and 2015. The sample households were randomly selected in 31 villages where submergence‐tolerant rice seeds were given to a small number of farmers in each village. The results from the household fixed‐effects model indicate that submergence in the previous year increased the adoption of submergence‐tolerant rice. The adoption impact was larger among farmers who were neighbors of early seed recipients. Our results suggest that being neighbors of early seed recipients may have helped the neighboring farmers observe the benefits of the submergence‐tolerant rice under submergence. The results indicate the importance of the information flow from early recipients to neighboring farmers. 2018-05 2024-12-19T12:54:27Z 2024-12-19T12:54:27Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164895 en Wiley Yamano, Takashi; Malabayabas, Maria Luz; Habib, Md. Ashraful and Das, Subrata Kumar. 2018. Neighbors follow early adopters under stress: Panel data analysis of submergence-tolerant rice in northern Bangladesh. Agricultural Economics, Volume 49 no. 3 p. 313-323
spellingShingle bangladesh
farmers' attitudes
stress tolerance
submergence
submergence tolerance
Yamano, Takashi
Malabayabas, Maria Luz
Habib, Md. Ashraful
Das, Subrata Kumar
Neighbors follow early adopters under stress: Panel data analysis of submergence-tolerant rice in northern Bangladesh
title Neighbors follow early adopters under stress: Panel data analysis of submergence-tolerant rice in northern Bangladesh
title_full Neighbors follow early adopters under stress: Panel data analysis of submergence-tolerant rice in northern Bangladesh
title_fullStr Neighbors follow early adopters under stress: Panel data analysis of submergence-tolerant rice in northern Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Neighbors follow early adopters under stress: Panel data analysis of submergence-tolerant rice in northern Bangladesh
title_short Neighbors follow early adopters under stress: Panel data analysis of submergence-tolerant rice in northern Bangladesh
title_sort neighbors follow early adopters under stress panel data analysis of submergence tolerant rice in northern bangladesh
topic bangladesh
farmers' attitudes
stress tolerance
submergence
submergence tolerance
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/164895
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