Title: Poverty status and the impact of social networks on smallholder technology adoption in rural Ethiopia

Authors: Liverpool, Lenis Saweda O. and Winter-Nelson, Alex

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: International food policy research institute (IFPRI)

Year: 2010

Journal: IFPRI dsicussion paper

Volume: 00970

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Innovation Systems

Keywords: small farms, technological change, social interaction, poverty, africa

Abstract: The paper studies impacts of social networks on technology adoption through social learning, exploring differential impacts by network type, technology and asset poverty status. Social learning is more consistent for households not in poverty traps than for persistently asset poor households.

URL: http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp00970.pdf

Document type: Other