Networks, incentives and technology adoption: evidence from a randomised experiment in Uganda
cg.contribution.worldfishauthor | Shikuku, K.M. | en_US |
cg.contributor.affiliation | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics | en_US |
cg.contributor.affiliation | WorldFish | en_US |
cg.contributor.crp | Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security | en_US |
cg.contributor.crp | Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Uganda | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Eastern Africa | en_US |
cg.creator.id | Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X | en_US |
cg.description.theme | Miscellaneous themes | en_US |
cg.identifier.ISIindexed | ISI indexed | en_US |
cg.identifier.status | Timeless limited access | en_US |
cg.identifier.url | http://oar.icrisat.org/id/document/54799 | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | uganda | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | incentives | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | social networks | en_US |
dc.creator | Shikuku, K.M. | en_US |
dc.creator | Melesse, M.B. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-08T07:08:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-08T07:08:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | en_US |
dc.description.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. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku, Mequanint B Melesse, Networks, incentives and technology adoption: evidence from a randomised experiment in Uganda, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Volume 47, Issue 5, December 2020, Pages 1740–1775, https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbaa009 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbaa009 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0165-1587 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/4669 | |
dc.language | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyrighted; all rights reserved | en_US |
dc.source | European Review of Agricultural Economics;47,(2020) Pagination 1740,1775 | en_US |
dc.subject | adoption | en_US |
dc.subject | risk-mitigating technologies | en_US |
dc.subject | Maize | en_US |
dc.title | Networks, incentives and technology adoption: evidence from a randomised experiment in Uganda | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |