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| Katungi, Enid; Smale, Melinda. |
| Changing agricultural research and extension systems mean that informal mechanisms of information diffusion are often the primary source of information about improved seed and practices for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper investigates the interactions between gender, social capital and information exchange in rural Uganda. Within the framework of farmer-to-farmer models, we conceptualize the informal information diffusion process to comprise social capital accumulation and information exchange. We assume that each agent participates in information exchange with a fixed (predetermined) level of social capital and examine how endowments of social capital influence information exchange, paying close attention to gender differences. A multinomial... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Gender; Social capital; Information exchange; Informal mechanisms; Uganda; Labor and Human Capital. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50070 |
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| Katungi, Enid; Machethe, Charles Lepepeule; Smale, Melinda. |
| Although social capital is a potentially important asset for poverty reduction in developing economies, there has been little analysis of factors affecting its formation in developing countries such as Uganda. This paper analyzes what influences households to join local organizations and the intensity of social networks in central Uganda. Social networks were disaggregated by major activity to gain insight into household access, and the interaction between local organizations and social networks was examined. Probit and ordered probit models were estimated to identify what led households to participate in organizations and the intensity of participation. A negative binomial model was applied to analyze the household intensity of social networks. The... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Social capital; Group based extension approaches; Uganda; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57016 |
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