The Role of Opinion Leaders in the Diffusion of New Knowledge: The Case of Integrated Pest Management

By G. Feder, S. Savastano. 2006

165 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Demography, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Information Systems

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In Demography

1. Jessica Zhu
2. Valerie Mueller
3. Florence Kondylis

In General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

1. Zeyaur Khan
2. Jessica Zhu
3. C. Midega
4. Valerie Mueller
5. Florence Kondylis

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1. Valerie Mueller

Citations in the corpus

• Seeing is Believing? Evidence from an Extension Network Experiment (2014, background): “…such as the tendency to delay adoption until profitable (Foster and Rosenzweig, 1995), hetero- geneity in farming conditions (Conley and Udry, 2010; Munshi, 2004), and social distance between messengers and peers (Feder and Savastano, 2006; Beaman et al., 2014; BenYishay and Mobarak, 2014).”
• Farmers’ perceptions of a ‘push–pull’ technology for control of cereal stemborers and Striga weed in western Kenya (2008, background): “This is consistent with the expectation that farmers are likely to invest in technologies that enable them to maximize production and are compatible with their farming systems (Feder and Savastano, 2006).”
• Improved stoves in India: A study of sustainable business models (2011, background): “For example, the behavior of ‘‘opinion leaders’’ such as village chiefs has been found to affect adoption rates in rural areas (Feder and Savastano, 2006), suggesting that stove sellers may be wise to enlist these leaders in their promotional efforts.”