Measuring Agricultural Knowledge and Adoption

Kondylis, Florence; Mueller, Valerie; Zhu, Siyao Jessica

Measuring Agricultural Knowledge and Adoption

Understanding the trade-offs in improving the precision of agricultural measures through survey design is crucial. Yet, standard indicators used to determine program effectiveness may be flawed and at a differential rate for men and women. The authors use a household survey from Mozambique to estimate the measurement error from male and female self-reports of their adoption and knowledge of three practices: intercropping, mulching, and strip tillage. Despite clear differences in human and physical capital, there are no obvious differences in the knowledge, adoption, and error in self-reporting between men and women. Having received training unanimously lowers knowledge misreports and increases adoption misreports. Other determinants of reporting error differ by gender. Misreporting is positively associated with a greater number of plots for men. Recall decay on measures of knowledge appears prominent among men but not women. Findings from regression and cost-effectiveness analyses always favor the collection of objective measures of knowledge. Given the lowest rate of accuracy for adoption was around 80 percent, costlier objective adoption measures are recommended for a subsample in regions with heterogeneous farm sizes.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Kondylis, Florence, Mueller, Valerie, Zhu, Siyao Jessica
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014-10
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AGRICULTURAL KNOWLEDGE, AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY, AGRICULTURE, BEANS, BIOTECHNOLOGY, CASH CROP, CASH CROPS, CASHEW NUTS, CASSAVA, CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS, CIVIL WAR, CLIMATE CHANGE, CONSUMER DEMAND, CORN, COTTON, COWPEAS, CROP PRODUCTION, CROP ROTATION, CROPS, CULTIVATION, CULTIVATION PRACTICES, CURRICULUM, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DISEASES, DRY SEASON, ECONOMICS, ECOSYSTEM, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EXAM, EXAMS, EXTENSION SERVICES, FAO, FARM, FARM PRODUCTIVITY, FARMER, FARMERS, FARMING, FARMS, FERTILIZER, FERTILIZER USE, FERTILIZERS, FEWER CHILDREN, FOOD CROPS, FOOD SECURITY, GENDER, GENDER GAP, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, HOUSEHOLD NUMBER, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN CAPITAL, INDEXES, INTERCROPPING, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INTERVENTIONS, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND MANAGEMENT, LEARNING, LIFE CYCLE, LITERACY, MAIZE, MARITAL STATUS, MARKETING, MARRIED MEN, MULCH, MULCHING, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, PERSONALITY, PESTICIDES, PESTS, PIGEON PEAS, PLANTING, PLOWING, POLICY ANALYSIS, POLICY DECISIONS, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION, PRODUCE, PRODUCTION OF COTTON, PROGRESS, RESPECT, RICE, ROLE OF WOMEN, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SCHOOLING, SEED, SEED VARIETIES, SEEDLINGS, SESAME, SMALLER HOUSEHOLDS, SMALLHOLDERS, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SOIL EROSION, SOIL FERTILITY, SORGHUM, SOWING, SOYBEAN, SPOUSE, SPOUSES, SUGAR, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TILLAGE, TOBACCO, TRANSPORTATION, TREES, WEEDS, YIELDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/10/20273015/measuring-agricultural-knowledge-adoption http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20506
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