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As Good as the Company They Keep?: Improving Farmers’ Social Networks

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dc.contributor.authorLeonard, Kenneth
dc.contributor.authorVasilaky, Kathryn
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-28T19:46:17Z
dc.date.available2016-11-28T19:46:17Z
dc.date.issued2016-03
dc.description.abstractExtension services have a history of being relatively expensive and not always effective. At the same time, studies show that informal social networks can be very beneficial in helping increase productivity. In Uganda, the authors tested the value of informal social networks for women farmers by connecting the least-productive 30 percent to some of the most productive women farmers in their own villages. Results show significant gains in productivity indicating that the path to better outcomes is contained within their own community. Women learned the agricultural information at least as well in a network setting as in a more intensive, formal extension setting. On average, the social network intervention was less costly and more effectively targeted women and the least productive farmers than traditional extension services. By exploiting the power of social ties, social network interventions offer a lower-cost alternative to traditional agricultural training programs and can be particularly effective at improving the productivity of women. The results of the study featured in this brief are particularly relevant to policymakers in Sub-Saharan Africa, where productivity differentials still exist between males and females, and women are less frequently targeted for training.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/603951468197954484/As-good-as-the-company-they-keep-improving-farmers-social-networks
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/25449
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/25449
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesGender Innovation Lab Policy Brief;No. 15
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectCOTTON
dc.subjectTRAINED FARMERS
dc.subjectKNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectCROP YIELDS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TRAINING
dc.subjectGROWING SEASON
dc.subjectGENDER GAP
dc.subjectNETWORK
dc.subjectCROP
dc.subjectTRAINING
dc.subjectRESULTS
dc.subjectMATERIALS
dc.subjectFARMER
dc.subjectEXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectCULTIVATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INFORMATION
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPESTICIDE
dc.subjectNETWORKS
dc.subjectTRAINING MATERIALS
dc.subjectINFORMATION
dc.subjectPROTOCOL
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectYIELDS
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectLIMITED ACCESS
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectPLANTING
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectFORMAL TRAINING
dc.subjectWOMEN
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL
dc.subjectMATERIAL
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TRAINING PROGRAMS
dc.subjectFARMING
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPHOTOS
dc.subjectEXTENSION
dc.subjectHISTORY
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectTRAINING PROGRAMS
dc.subjectHARVESTING
dc.subjectTARGET
dc.subjectCOTTON GROWING
dc.subjectINNOVATIONS
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectGENDER INNOVATION LAB
dc.subjectAFRICA GENDER POLICY
dc.subjectWOMEN AND AGRICULTURE
dc.titleAs Good as the Company They Keep?en
dc.title.subtitleImproving Farmers’ Social Networksen
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dc.typeResumenes
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okr.crossref.titleAs Good as the Company They Keep?: Improving Farmers’ Social Networks
okr.date.disclosure2016-06-09
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/603951468197954484/As-good-as-the-company-they-keep-improving-farmers-social-networks
okr.guid603951468197954484
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/25449
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/25449
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0843aaa50_3_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum26043186
okr.identifier.report103850
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryUganda
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Development Knowledge & Information Systems
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Rural Development
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Analysis
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Community Driven Development
okr.unitHNP AFR West/Centr Region (GHN07)
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