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Mobilizing P2P Diffusion for New Agricultural Practices: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorFafchamps, Marcel
dc.contributor.authorIslam, Asad
dc.contributor.authorMalek, Abdul
dc.contributor.authorPakrashi, Debayan
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-05T16:41:53Z
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dc.date.issued2021-05-11
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses a randomized controlled experiment in which farmers trained on a new rice cultivation method teach two other farmers. The results show that the intervention increases yields and farm profits among treated farmers. Teacher-trainees are effective at spreading knowledge and inducing adoption relative to just training. Incentivizing teacher-trainees improves knowledge transmission but not adoption. Matching teacher-trainees with farmers who list them as role models does not improve knowledge transmission and may hurt adoption. Using mediation analysis, the study finds that the knowledge of the teacher-trainee is correlated with that of their students, consistent with knowledge transmission. The paper also finds that systems of rice intensification (SRI) knowledge predicts adoption of some SRI practices, and that adoption by teacher-trainees predicts adoption by their students, suggesting that students follow the example of their teacher. With cost-benefit estimates of social returns in excess of 100 percent, explicitly mobilizing peer-to-peer (P2P) transmission of knowledge seems a cost-effective way of inducing the adoption of new profitable agricultural practices.en
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40843
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40843
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectLEARNING
dc.subjectPEER-TO-PEER DIFFUSION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
dc.subjectSYSTEMS OF RICE INTENSIFICATION
dc.subjectBANGLADESH
dc.subjectBRAC
dc.titleMobilizing P2P Diffusion for New Agricultural Practicesen
dc.title.subtitleExperimental Evidence from Bangladeshen
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://academic.oup.com/wber/article/35/4/1076/6274224 Journal website (version of record)
okr.crossref.titleMobilizing P2P Diffusion for New Agricultural Practices: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh
okr.date.disclosure2021-05-11
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Publication
okr.identifier.doidoi.org/10.1093/wber/lhab009
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40843
okr.language.supporteden
okr.pagenumber1076–1101
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.region.countryBangladesh
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Research
okr.volume35 (4)
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