Scaling modern technology or scaling exclusion? The socio-political dynamics of accessing in malt barley innovation in two highland communities in Southern Ethiopia

Roo, Nina de; Almekinders, Conny; Leeuwis, C.; Tefera, Tewodros

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2019.04.004

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“…Limited attention is paid to contextual factors such as input markets, output markets, organisation of stakeholders to increase collaboration and the political context which influences access to markets and resources (de Roo et al, 2019;De Roo et al, 2017).…”

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Report WPR-838 | 5 Consumers Knowledge institutions  Consumers in urbanised areas in China  Middle-class consumers in India  Rural consumers of Ethiopia  Nigerian rural and urban consumers  Tanzanian vegetable consumers  Flatfish consumers in the EU  Wageningen Institutes (WLR, WMR, WPR, WFBR, WCDI, WEcR)  KIT Royal Tropical Institute  Research institutes in China  University researchers in Ethiopia Economic Environmental Social Low production, post-harvest losses (Ethiopia, China, Tanzania, India) Water pollution (Galapagos), water scarcity (Ethiopia, Nigeria)

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“…This was also emphasised by Lochrane and Tamiru in their study on the translation of the Productive Safety Net policy into daily practice of agricultural extension, where they argued that 'voluntary' participation must be understood as occurring in the highly politicised environment within which it takes place, wherein refusal is equated with political opposition, resulting in exclusion from benefits (Cochrane and Tamiru 2016). Poor farmers, who do not adopt introduced technologies, are often disputed in the community and have a low social status (de Roo et al 2019). This negative image results in social exclusion in terms of social networks needed to access productive resources like oxen and labour.…”

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“…This research explores the role of opinion leaders in the diffusion of the malt barley technology in a highland community in South Ethiopia that is characterised by constraints in information availability (de Roo et al 2019;Leta et al 2018) and imperfect input and output markets. Both questions will be addressed in the specific context of information asymmetry and imperfect input and output markets.…”

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“…For pragmatic reasons we define adoption of the MBT as the extent to which respondents apply components of the MBT on their farm at a given time. We realise that this is a limited view, and that the wider uptake of the MBT requires a reconfiguration of socio-technical and institutional components in the system, such as making seed and fertiliser available on time, ensuring market access, and removing bottlenecks such as the scarcity of labour and oxen (de Roo et al 2019). Based on earlier research in Ethiopia (Asfaw et al 2011;Croppenstedt et al 2003;de Roo et al 2019), we argue that inputs are a critical constraint for the wide-scale uptake of modern agricultural technologies.…”

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“…We realise that this is a limited view, and that the wider uptake of the MBT requires a reconfiguration of socio-technical and institutional components in the system, such as making seed and fertiliser available on time, ensuring market access, and removing bottlenecks such as the scarcity of labour and oxen (de Roo et al 2019). Based on earlier research in Ethiopia (Asfaw et al 2011;Croppenstedt et al 2003;de Roo et al 2019), we argue that inputs are a critical constraint for the wide-scale uptake of modern agricultural technologies. Given this constraint, we will assess whether farmers who are appointed by the extension system as model farmers are significantly more likely than nodal farmers or other farmers to apply external inputs on their farm .…”

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Scaling modern technology or scaling exclusion? The socio-political dynamics of accessing in malt barley innovation in two highland communities in Southern Ethiopia

Cited by 19 publications

References 25 publications

Transition pathways - analyzing transitions in food systems : A synthesis of seven case studies

Transition pathways - analyzing transitions in food systems : A synthesis of seven case studies

The socio-political dimensions of agricultural technology promotion in Ethiopia

How food systems change (or not): governance implications for system transformation processes

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