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Effects of farmers' social networks on knowledge acquisition: lessons from agricultural training in rural Indonesia.
- Source :
- Journal of Economic Structures; 4/12/2017, Vol. 6 Issue 1, p1-23, 23p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Agricultural information is transferred through social interactions; therefore, ties to agricultural informants and network structures within farmers' local neighborhoods determine their information-gathering abilities. This paper uses a spatial autoregressive model that takes account of spatial autocorrelation to examine such network connections, including friendship networks and advice networks, upon farmers' knowledge-gathering abilities during formal agricultural training. We found that peer advice networks are important to support knowledge-gathering activities, while friendship networks are not. Further examination of network structures confirms that farmers who occupy a central position in their local neighborhood networks are found to perform better in learning outcomes to some extent, indicating that local network position is positively related to problem-solving ability in an unknown environment outside their locale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21932409
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Economic Structures
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 122450863
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40008-017-0069-8