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Title Replication Data for: Incentives and the Diffusion of Agricultural Knowledge: Experimental Evidence from Northern Uganda
Full text https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/585098
Date 2019
Author(s) Shikuku, Kelvin; Pieters, Janneke; Bulte, Erwin; Läderach, Peter
Abstract We present results of a randomized evaluation that assesses the effects of different incentives for diffusion of agricultural knowledge by smallholders in northern Uganda. Randomly-selected disseminating farmers (DFs) from a large sample of villages are assigned to one of three experimental arms: (a) training about climate smart agriculture, (b) training plus a material reward for knowledge diffusion, and (c) training plus a reputational gain for knowledge diffusion. We find that leveraging somebody's reputation (or social recognition) has a positive impact on DFs' experimentation and diffusion effort. This impact is stronger than that measured in the private material rewards treatment.
Subject(s) incentives; pro-social behaviour; social learning; technology transfer; climate smart agriculture; asia; africa; decision and policy analysis
Publisher Wageningen University & Research
Relation https://edepot.wur.nl/550858
Type of publication Dataset
Format text/html
Rights Wageningen University & Research
Identifier 10.7910/DVN/4X7GLG
Repository Wageningen - University of Wageningen
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