2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Using social networks to identify seed farmers for agricultural technology diffusion: A randomized controlled trial in Vietnam
| Project/Area Number |
21K20150
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
0107:Economics, business administration, and related fields
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
TRAN Anh Duc 広島大学, 人間社会科学研究科(国), 助教 (10868467)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-08-30 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | technology adoption / technology diffusion / farmers / social network / RCT / Vietnam |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research project focuses on the adoption and diffusion of new agricultural technology within farmer networks in developing countries. However, due to the strict social-distancing policies induced by severe Covid-19 situation at the study site, I could not conduct the proposed RCT in FY2021. In FY2022, after the social distancing was partly relaxed, I flexibly adjusted the research design to fit the post-Covid period. Specifically, I completed three surveys - baseline, follow-up, and endline - of a RCT to investigate the impact of scientific information provision on technology adoption of farmers. This RCT is still closely related to the proposed research topics about technology adoption and farmers' network. The original dataset is undergoing analyses to obtain preliminary results.
Adapting to the Covid-19 situation, I also diversified my research activities to incorporate studies using secondary data, which resulted in publications in international peer-reviewed journals.
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| Free Research Field |
Development Economics
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
This reseach project contributes evidence about how scientific information affects the adoption of agricultural technology amongst farmers in developing countries. This empirical evidence would be valuable for policy-makers in designing information campaigns that improves the technology diffusion.
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