Social capital, risk preference and adoption of improved farm land management practices in Ethiopia

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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”
Understanding the role of social capital in adoption decisions: An application to irrigation technology (2017, unknown): “In addition to these established variables, several authors have emphasized social and institutional variables, thereby effectively turning the focus to social capital in addition to human and physical capital (Isham, 2002; Arellanes and Lee, 2003; Foster and Rosenzweig, 2010; Noltze, 2012; Abdulai ”
Impacts of extension access and cooperative membership on technology adoption and household welfare (2017, background): “Access to extension service enhances the adoption of improved agricultural technologies by reducing supply-side constraints that arise due to information market inefficiencies (Wossen et al., 2015).”