The complex dynamics of smallholder technology adoption: the case of SRI in Madagascar

By Christine M. Moser, Christopher B. Barrett. 2003

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Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science

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Is farmer-to-farmer extension effective? The impact of training on technology adoption and rice farming productivity in Tanzania (2018, background): “…observe that social leaning or ‘‘learning from others” plays a significant role in agricultural technology adoption (Adegbola & Gardebroek, 2007; Bandiera & Rasul, 2006; Case, 1992; Conley & Udry, 2010; Foster & Rosenzweig, 1995; Maertens & Barrett, 2012; Moser & Barrett, 2006; Munshi, 2004).”
A Century-Long Perspective on Agricultural Development (2010, background): “agriculture’s role seems to evolve through four basic stages (Timmer 1988): the early “Mosher” stage when “getting agriculture moving” is the main policy objective (Mosher 1966); the “Johnston-Mellor” stage when agriculture contributes to economic growth through a variety of”
The System of Rice Intensification and its Impacts on Household Income and Child Schooling: Evidence from Rural Indonesia (2014, neutral): “This is particularly relevant because some studies find that SRI requires intensive labor inputs for land preparation, crop care as well as water management, especially at the early phase of adoption (Moser and Barrett, 2003, 2006; Barrett et al., 2004; Berkhout and Glover, 2011).”
Measuring Social Networks' Effects on Agricultural Technology Adoption (2013, background): “Somestudies emphasize other considerations besides the time path of profits, such as behavioral conformity, others’ well-being (Barrett 2005, Moser and Barrett 2006, or present a trait-based approach that allows incorporation of individual preferences over traits (Useche, Barham and Foltz 2009).”
The Economics of Poverty Traps and Persistent Poverty: Empirical and Policy Implications (2013, background): “Indeed, social networks and norms can generate strong, if sometimes subtle, pressures to conform to local customs, thereby retarding technological change (Moser & Barrett, 2006).”
Market inefficiencies and the adoption of agricultural technologies in developing countries 1 (2013, background): “For example, Bellemare (2013) uses detailed soil quality controls to compare the effect of formal and informal land tenure on productivity in Madagascar.”
Prospects for adopting system of rice intensification in Sri Lanka: a socioeconomic assessment (2003, background): “However, rejection, discontinuance and modification of innovations are rational and appropriate behaviors from the farmers’ point of view (Moser and Barrett 2003).”