Social networks and agricultural production knowledge: Findings from the Mt. Elgon Region (Kenya and Uganda)

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dc.contributor.authorMoore, Keith M.en
dc.contributor.authorLamb, Jennifer Nicoleen
dc.contributor.authorLaker-Ojok, Ritaen
dc.contributor.authorSikuku, Dominic Ngosiaen
dc.contributor.authorAshilenje, Dennis S.en
dc.contributor.authorNorton, James B.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialEastern Ugandaen
dc.coverage.spatialWestern Kenyaen
dc.coverage.temporal2010 - 2011en
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:29:53Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:29:53Zen
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.description.abstractTechnological change leading to sustained smallholder innovation in conservation agriculture (CA) involves more than just the introduction of new practices by a transforming agent (extension or NGO). Many observers note that conservation agriculture requires a change of mind-set for adoption to occur (Hobbs, 2007; Wall, 2007). Successful cases of CA development have also demonstrated active engagement of a network of producers and their partners throughout the agricultural sector (Coughenour, 2003; Swenson and Moore, 2009). Social networks and their associated local and scientific knowledge systems have been shown to have potential for collective management of natural resources, albeit with variable results depending on the structure of the social network (Crona and Bodin, 2006; Schumann, 2011). Based on farm household and modified snowball surveys of agricultural sector and community agents, this paper examines social networks and technological beliefs in four agricultural communities surrounding Mt. Elgon in western Kenya and eastern Uganda.en
dc.description.notesLTRA-8 (Improving soil quality and crop productivity through CAPS in West Africa)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier6192en
dc.identifier.citationPaper presented at the World Congress of Rural Sociology. Lisbon, Portugal. August 2012en
dc.identifier.other6192_social_networks_IRSA_31July2012.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/70057en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectNetworksen
dc.subjectMindsetsen
dc.subjectTechnology transferen
dc.subjectInnovationen
dc.subjectWatersheden
dc.titleSocial networks and agricultural production knowledge: Findings from the Mt. Elgon Region (Kenya and Uganda)en
dc.typePresentationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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