Agricultural extension, trust, and learning: results from economic experiments in Ecuador

Buck, Steven; Alwang, Jeffrey

doi:10.1111/j.1574-0862.2011.00547.x

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“…Trust diminishes perceived risk; thus, facilitates the acquisition of knowledge and improved the learning process within the context of farmer's interpersonal relationships (Sligo & Massey, 2007). Through a field experiment in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Buck and Alwang (2006) show the importance of trust in the knowledge acquisition of the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and the appropriate use of pesticides. This leads to a proposal that the farmer's absorptive capacity depends on the extent to which the knowledge agent is perceived as trustworthy.…”

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Association between Innovative Entrepreneurial Orientation, Absorptive Capacity, and Farm Business Performance

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A growing interest emerges with regard to how entrepreneurship and innovation can contribute to the success and well-being of the farmers. The main objective of the study is to develop and test a model, which emphasizes the relationship of trust and innovative entrepreneurial orientation on absorptive capacity in an agricultural context. This article examines also the effect of absorptive capacity on innovation as well as the connection of both innovative entrepreneurial orientation and innovation outcome on farm business performance. Cross-sectional data were collected from a sample of 199 banana farmers in [2008][2009]

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“…For example, Buck and Alwang (2011) find that trust in information sources and willingness to accept information varies by gender; messages tailored to the appropriate audience can affect uptake of technologies such as crop varieties and new management techniques.…”

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Farm Decision Making and Gender: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Ecuador

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Substantial resources have been devoted to mitigating the asset gender gap in developing country agriculture. Efforts have been taken to understand the role of women in decision making and in farm operations. Recommendations for best practices in eliciting information on women's roles have emphasized the importance of sex-disaggregated data collection and analysis. Collection of sex-disaggregated data is not straightforward and careful attention to context is needed. In Ecuador's highlands, chemical use in agriculture is widespread, and outreach and training programs to reduce this use are essential. These programs should target the appropriate decision makers. This paper presents results from a field experiment conducted in the Ecuador highlands where responding farm households are randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: (i) a male respondent, (ii) a female respondent, and (iii) both adult male and female respondents (interviewed separately, but with knowledge that the other would also be interviewed). We assess whether treatment assignment affects responses to questions about decision making and responsibility for agricultural activities.Perceptions about household decision making and who is responsible for agricultural activities vary substantially by type of respondent. Men are more likely to claim sole responsibility; women are more likely to claim responsibility or that decisions are jointly made. In households where both man and woman were interviewed (separately) we found stark differences in responses about responsibilities, with men claiming sole responsibility at higher rates. Interviewing both members led to less divergence in responses, but large differences in perceptions about responsibilities remain when both are interviewed. Best interviewing practices depend on the type of information needed: for precise quantification of gender roles, complex methods may be necessary, but where qualitative information is sufficient, single-member interviews may be sufficient. Keywords:Women's decisionmaking, survey design, randomized control trial, integrated pest management, Ecuador. 3 Highlights:Household decision makers should be targeted in pesticide education programs, yet no solid guidance exists for identifying these decision makers Randomized survey experiment uncovers information about how survey design affects responses about decision making and responsibilities Women and men have different perceptions about decision making, but interviewing both in the same household does not solve the problem More research is needed on how to measure gender roles in household decision making 4 Acknowledgements

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“…Observou-se que 66% dos produtores as obtêm a partir de internet, livros, manuais; outros 54%, com a Empresa de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural do Distrito Federal (Emater-DF), 52%, em feiras, eventos e exposições; e uma média de 35% com o Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Rural (Senar), a Embrapa e o Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas (Sebrae). Isso sugere que os grupos que formam o Opac superam o chamado "paradoxo da imersão" (UZZI, 1997), em que uma organização tem dificuldades para acessar novas informações, para aprender novas rotinas e habilidades, porque ela está muito enraizada em apenas uma rede social (HANSEN, 1999;BUCK;ALWANG, 2011;ABRAMOVAY et al, 2008).…”

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Collective action as a facilitator of organic management: the case of the Participatory Guarantee System

Medaets

Cechin

2019

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Organic food requires quality assurance systems that ensure the traceability of the product throughout the value chain, from the producer to the final consumer. Brazilian regulations created three organic quality assurance systems: the Social Control Organism (OCS) for direct marketing to consumers, without certification; audited certification; and the Participative Guarantee Systems, of which the latter operates based on Participatory Conformity Assessment Organizations (Opac). The results, derived though analysis of data obtained from 107 Opac associates, show that, far beyond allowing for the use of the government label for organic quality assurance, the Opac creates a mechanism of communication that boosts knowledge exchange. It also helps to build upon a social system based on social capital and polycentric governance that contributes to adoption of organic production technologies. It also shows the importance of regulatory policies as an element to induce collective action.Keywords: organic production; innovation; collective action.MEDAETS, Jean Pierre Passos; CECHIN, Andrei Domingues. A ação coletiva como facilitador da inovação no manejo orgânico: o caso do Sistema Participativo de Garantia. Estudos Sociedade e Agricultura, v. 27, n. 1, p. 118-136, fev. 2019.Submitted in september 2018.Accepted in december 2018.

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Agricultural extension, trust, and learning: results from economic experiments in Ecuador

Cited by 47 publications

References 21 publications

Association between Innovative Entrepreneurial Orientation, Absorptive Capacity, and Farm Business Performance

Association between Innovative Entrepreneurial Orientation, Absorptive Capacity, and Farm Business Performance

Farm Decision Making and Gender: Results from a Randomized Experiment in Ecuador

Collective action as a facilitator of organic management: the case of the Participatory Guarantee System

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