The Effect of Social Capital on Fertiliser Adoption: Evidence from Rural Tanzania

By J. Isham. 2002

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Safety Research

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. M. Kassie
2. A. Alene
3. J. Manda
4. R. Hassan
5. C. Gardebroek
6. C. Ringler
7. Mahmud Yesuf
8. Salvatore Di Falco

In General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

1. Salvatore Di Falco
2. M. Kassie
3. H. Teklewold
4. A. Alene
5. A. Mekonnen
6. G. Kohlin
7. B. Shiferaw
8. J. Manda

In Safety Research

1. M. Kassie
2. G. Tembo
3. A. Mekonnen
4. M. Mutenje
5. W. Nyangena
6. Una O Osili
7. G. Kohlin
8. Thomas Berger

Citations in the corpus

• The Perception of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa (2007, unknown): “Isham (2002) examines the importance of social capital for fertilizer adoption in Tanzania and finds strong evidence in support of the views put forward by Rogers.”
• Determinants of farmers’ choice of adaptation methods to climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia (2009, background): “Isham (2002) shows that ethnically based and participatory social affiliations act as forms of social capital in the decision to adopt fertilizer.”
• Adoption and Impacts of Sustainable Agricultural Practices on Maize Yields and Incomes: Evidence from Rural Zambia (2016, background): “…of the household head, education, household size, gender of household head and farm size); social capital and trust (Narayan and Pritchett, 1999; Isham, 2002) (number of relatives in the village, membership of a farmers’ association, number of grain traders that farmers trust, confidence in…”
• Social capital, risk preference and adoption of improved farm land management practices in Ethiopia (2015, background): “As a consequence, studies explicitly capturing the role of social capital generally found a statistically positive and significant effect on innovation adoption in agriculture (Isham, 2002).”
• Social determinants of soil and water conservation in rural Kenya (2008, background): “Most of them stress indicators of trust and social participation on a range of outcomes: economic growth on cross-country studies (Knack & Keefer, 1997), household incomes in Tanzania (Narayan & Pritchett, 1999) and greater use of modern agricultural inputs in Tanzania ( Isham, 2002 ).”
• On the Empirics of Social Capital (2002, unknown): “TABLE 4: STUDIES OF SOCIAL CAPITAL FORMATION AND THE LEVEL OF SOCIAL CAPITAL STUDY AGENTS SOCIAL CAPITAL MEASURES POTENTIAL DETERMINANTS FINDINGS Alesina and La Ferrara (2002) Adults in US Trust Miscellaneous personal and community characteristics Low social capital measures for individuals are asso”
• Understanding the role of social capital in adoption decisions: An application to irrigation technology (2017, unknown): “, 2013; Ramirez, 2013; Abdulai and Huffman, 2014), and farm characteristics like farm size, land ownership, soil quality, machinery, type of crops or livestock as proxies for physical capital (Isham, 2002; Arellanes and Lee, 2003; Abdulai et al., 2011; Baumüller, 2012; Noltze, 2012; Handschuch et al”
• Adoption of multiple sustainable agricultural practices in rural Ethiopia (2013, background): “In addition to the classic household characteristics and endowment variables, the survey also collected variables related to social capital and networks that can influence technology adoption decisions (Isham, 2002; Bandiera and Rasul, 2006; Marenya and Barrett, 2007).”
• Determinants of adoption and productivity of improved rice varieties in southwestern Nigeria (2009, unknown): “The work of Isham 2002 showcase the positive impact of social capital by predicting that farmers that have neighbours that adopt technology or those with higher level of social capital accumulates more information and thus adopt technology more rapidly.”
• Impact of improved maize varieties on food security in Eastern Zambia: A doubly robust analysis (2018, unknown): “The covariates used in the estimation of the probability of adoption are based on theory and studies on adoption of improved or modern agricultural technologies (Alene et al., 2000; Feder et al., 1985; Isham, 2002; Kassie et al., 2011).”
• Adoption of fertiliser and hybrid seeds by smallholder maize farmers in Southern Malawi (2005, background): “Isham (2002) argues that farmers in villages with higher levels of social capital are likely to have higher levels of cumulative information and adopt new technology more rapidly.”
• Social Networks and Credit Access in Indonesia (2004, background): “In recent empirical work, social cohesion and other measures of community activity have been shown to have a positive impact on technology adoption and environmental outcomes (Grootaert, 1999; Isham, 2002; Narayan & Pritchett, 1999).”
• Does Adoption Of Multiple Climate-Smart Practices Improve Farmers’ Climate Resilience? Empirical Evidence From The Nile Basin Of Ethiopia (2017, background): “In Ethiopia, where information is scarce and markets are ill-functioning, social networks are considered a means to facilitate the exchange of information, enable farmers to access inputs on schedule, and overcome credit constraints and shocks (Fafchamps and Minten 2002; Isham 2002; Barrett 2005; Ba”