Technology adoption, impact, and extension in developing countries' agriculture: A review of the recent literature

K Takahashi, R Muraoka, K Otsuka - Agricultural Economics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Given the stagnant agricultural productivity and persistent food insecurity in low‐income
countries—notably in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA)—there has been continued interest in the …

Realizing the potential of digital development: The case of agricultural advice

R Fabregas, M Kremer, F Schilbach - Science, 2019 - science.org
BACKGROUND Sustainably raising agricultural productivity for the 2 billion people living in
smallholder farming households in the developing world is critical for reducing world poverty …

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low-and middle-income countries

JS Solís Arce, SS Warren, NF Meriggi, A Scacco… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Widespread acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines is crucial for achieving sufficient
immunization coverage to end the global pandemic, yet few studies have investigated …

Agricultural technology in Africa

T Suri, C Udry - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2022 - aeaweb.org
We discuss recent trends in agricultural productivity in Africa and highlight how
technological progress in agriculture has stagnated on the continent. We briefly review the …

Impact of community masking on COVID-19: a cluster-randomized trial in Bangladesh

J Abaluck, LH Kwong, A Styczynski, A Haque, MA Kabir… - Science, 2022 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Mask usage remains low across many parts of the world during the COVID-
19 pandemic, and strategies to increase mask-wearing remain untested. Our objectives …

[图书][B] How Behavior Spreads: The Science of Complex Contagions

D Centola - 2018 - books.google.com
How Behavior Spreads: Page 1 International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics
Volume 10 • Issue 1 • January-March 2021  Copyright©2021,IGIGlobal.CopyingordistributinginprintorelectronicformswithoutwrittenpermissionofIGIGlobalisprohibited …

The promise (and pitfalls) of ICT for agriculture initiatives

JC Aker, I Ghosh, J Burrell - Agricultural Economics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The widespread growth of information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs) in rural
areas of developing countries offers new opportunities to provide more timely and low‐cost …

Coevolution spreading in complex networks

W Wang, QH Liu, J Liang, Y Hu, T Zhou - Physics Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
The propagations of diseases, behaviors and information in real systems are rarely
independent of each other, but they are coevolving with strong interactions. To uncover the …

Social learning and incentives for experimentation and communication

A BenYishay, AM Mobarak - The Review of Economic Studies, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Low adoption of agricultural technologies holds large productivity consequences for
developing countries. Many countries hire agricultural extension agents to communicate …

Using agriculture for development: Supply-and demand-side approaches

A de Janvry, E Sadoulet - World development, 2020 - Elsevier
For most poor countries of today, using agriculture for development is widely recognized as
a promising strategy. Yet, in these countries, investment in agriculture has mostly been …