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Social networks and farmer exposure to improved crop varieties in Tanzania
(2014-09)
In Sub-Sahara Africa, adoption rates of improved crop varieties remain relatively
low, which is partly due to farmers’ limited access to information. In smallholder settings,
information often spreads through informal ...
Effects of social networks on technical efficiency in smallholder agriculture: The case of cereal producers Tanzania
(2015)
The use of improved crop varieties is key to increasing food production, but in SubSaharan Africa traditional varieties still dominate smallholder farming. Lack of
information is a major constraint to the adoption of ...
Social Networks and Farmer Exposure to Improved Cereal Varieties in Central Tanzania
(2014)
This study uses probit and Poisson models to analyse the determinants of social network links for the exchange of information among 345 cereal farmers and the effects of social networks on farmer exposure to improved ...