Do neighbours matter in technology adoption? The case of conservation tillage in northwest Ethiopia

Tessema, Yohannis Mulu; Asafu‐Adjaye, John; Kassie, Menale; Mallawaarachchi, Thilak

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.245940

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“…This valuable knowledge can guide policymakers and stakeholders in implementing targeted interventions to enhance awareness and promote profitability among farmers. Ultimately, these efforts will lead to safer and more sustainable agricultural practices (Baah Annor, 2018;Babu et al, 2018;Kassie, 2018;Meena et al, 2020;Ofori et al, 2015;Pacini et al, 2003;Tessema et al, 2016).…”

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Safeguarding sustainability: Exploring safety practice adherence among urban vegetable farmers in Ghana

Mensah,

Adams,

Nimoh

et al. 2024

J. Agribus. Rural Dev.

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Purpose: This research investigates safety practice compliance among urban vegetable farmers in Ghana's Ashanti Region and its implications for the environment, farmers' health, and consumer safety. Design/methodology/approach: An empirical approach was adopted, utilizing field survey data from 387 urban vegetable farmers in key vegetable-producing communities. The study employed various data analytical techniques, including frequency distributions, a Bonferroni multiple comparisons test, and ordered logistic regression. Findings: The research emphasizes the need for enhanced awareness and education among farmers to ensure adherence to safety practices. It reveals a significant positive relationship between farmers' awareness and compliance, underlining the role of informed decision-making and knowledge dissemination. Additionally, higher gross margin values are associated with increased compliance, indicating the motivating influence of profitability in allocating resources for safety measures. Furthermore, farming experience is positively linked to compliance, emphasizing the importance of practical knowledge and expertise. Practical implications: Based on the findings, the research offers policy recommendations to promote compliance with safety practices. These include enhancing farmer education and awareness programs, improving profitability and market access, fostering knowledge-sharing platforms, addressing affordability concerns, and strengthening enforcement and monitoring. Implementing these measures will enhance compliance, safeguarding the well-being of farmers, consumers, and the environment, thereby ensuring the long-term sustainability and growth of Ghana's urban vegetable sector. Research limitations/implications: While this study focused specifically on urban vegetable farmers, pesticide usage extends beyond vegetable production in Ghana. Future research should incorporate essential crops like maize, cassava, and rice to provide a more comprehensive assessment of pesticide practices and their implications in the broader agricultural context.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Safeguarding sustainability: Exploring safety practice adherence among urban vegetable farmers in Ghana

Mensah,

Adams,

Nimoh

et al. 2024

J. Agribus. Rural Dev.

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“…These shared information among farmers influence individual behavior. For example, some researchers have argued neighbor effect determine the adoption of conservation tillage by farmers [5]. Sociability, social cohesion and trust among farmers are helpful to improve their social capital, which facilitates access to technology [6].…”

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The Relationship Network within Spatial Situation: Embeddedness and Spatial Constraints of Farmers’ Behaviors

Zhu

et al. 2022

Land

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It has been persuasively argued that relationship networks affect the socio-economic behaviors of actors. However, few studies have recognized the location and context of actors in relationship network. To address this challenge, this paper examined the skill learning and chain migration which were affected by relationship network within spatial situation, by using data covering 115 households in the specialized village of fried dough sticks (youtiao). The results showed learning from neighbors with geographical closeness played an important role in expanding the space and enhancing efficiency of skill learning. It could be noted that the establishment of master-prentice relationship networks was related to the spatial proximity of farmers’ dwellings, and constrained by the space of villagers’ group. Farmers’ chain migration showed the closer the spatial distance of farmers, the nearer the migration destination they choose. Farmers’ livelihoods were constrained by the differences of spatial contexts. Farmers with smaller amounts of cultivated land were more likely to flow into cities with long distance for selling fried dough sticks, and they usually became fixed merchants. In contrast, farmers with more cultivated land were more likely to migrate to the countryside with short distance and usually became mobile vendors. It should better understand the socio-economic behaviors and the change of regional livelihoods, if we will focus on relationship networks embedded in spatial situation in future research.

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“…The exogenous effect highlights the contextual interactions, wherein the propensity of an IBB grower to behave is correlated with the exogenous characteristics of his/her neighbors. The correlated effects emphasize that small holder farmers in the same group tend to behave similarly because of commonly observed and unobserved characteristics of the group, for example, sharing a common institutional or physical environment (Tessema et al, 2016). All these three effects imply a spatial contextualization of the diffusion of IBB varieties, meaning that the decision of a bean growing household to adopt an iron bean variety is spatially correlated.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Farmers may be risk-averse when they lack information pertaining to the likelihood of occurrence of the possible outcomes (e.g., yield, costs, profitability) of the new technology and such risk-averse attitude would exert a detrimental impact on adoption. Farmers may be uncertain about the economic returns of the new technology owing to insufficient knowledge about the types and costs of inputs needed, the yield distribution, expected market prices, and the demand for the produce (Ghadim & Pannell, 1999;Tessema et al, 2016). In this context, social learning and social networks often complement and/or act as substitutes in delivering information and facilitating the technology diffusion process.…”

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Social interaction and geographic diffusion of iron‐biofortified beans in Rwanda

Funes

Sun

Sedano

et al. 2022

Agricultural Economics

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This study analyzes smallholder farmers’ decisions to adopt beans with higher levels of dietary iron developed through a conventional breeding technique called biofortification. We approach this study by applying spatial econometric techniques to estimate neighborhood influence and to determine the factors driving the adoption of iron‐biofortified beans (IBB). We employ a cross‐sectional, nationally representative survey of bean producing households from 2015 bean growing season B in Rwanda, and present results for growers of both bush and climbing varieties of beans. The results show geographic diffusion of iron bean planting material occurs among neighboring farmers that exhibit interdependent decision‐making patterns, as well as similar characteristics relative to the group. Some policy implications can be drawn from the results. First, a differentiated geographical targeting strategy for bush and climbing bean varieties as a function of farmer and farm characteristics should increase iron bean adoption rates. Second, strengthening partnerships with delivery agents and extensionists should stimulate the adoption of IBB varieties. And finally, technology‐promotion programs that consider progressive farmers and strengthen social interactions and group activities among peer networks should increase the spread of information and diffusion of IBB.

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Do neighbours matter in technology adoption? The case of conservation tillage in northwest Ethiopia

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Safeguarding sustainability: Exploring safety practice adherence among urban vegetable farmers in Ghana

Safeguarding sustainability: Exploring safety practice adherence among urban vegetable farmers in Ghana

The Relationship Network within Spatial Situation: Embeddedness and Spatial Constraints of Farmers’ Behaviors

Social interaction and geographic diffusion of iron‐biofortified beans in Rwanda

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