Networks, incentives and technology adoption: evidence from a randomised experiment in Uganda

Shikuku, K M and Melesse, M B (2020) Networks, incentives and technology adoption: evidence from a randomised experiment in Uganda. European Review of Agricultural Economics (TSI), 47 (5). pp. 1740-1775. ISSN 0165-1587

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Abstract

We use data from a randomised experiment in Uganda to examine effects of incentives on the decision to adopt drought-tolerant maize varieties (DTMVs) and mechanisms through which effects occur. We find that social recognition (SR) incentives to a random subset of trained farmers – disseminating farmers (DFs) – increase knowledge transmission from DFs to their co-villagers and change information networks of both DFs and their neighbours. SR also increases DFs’ likelihood of adopting DTMVs. However, the corresponding results for private material rewards are not conclusively strong. We find no evidence that incentives for knowledge diffusion increase the likelihood of co-villagers adopting DTMVs.

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Research Program : East & Southern Africa
CRP:	CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Social networks, Incentives, Adoption, Risk-mitigating technologies, Uganda
Subjects:	Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics Others > Sub-Saharan Africa
Depositing User:	Mr Arun S
Date Deposited:	09 Feb 2021 15:17
Last Modified:	09 Feb 2021 15:17
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/11705
Official URL:	https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbaa009
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	UNSPECIFIED
Acknowledgement:	This work was implemented as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) which is carried out with support from CGIAR fund donors and through bilateral funding agreements. For details please visit https://ccafs.cgiar.org/donors. The study was supported by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). The contents and opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and cannot be taken to reflect the official opinions of associated or supporting organisations. The usual disclaimer applies. We are thankful to Erwin Bulte and Janneke Pieters for their useful comments. Thanks also to the editor, Salvatore Di Falco, and the two anonymous referees for the insightful comments.
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