This policy note summarizes research on the effect of social network characteristics and gender on the diffusion of information about an agricultural technology.
Beaman, Lori and Dillon, Andrew. 2014. The diffusion of agricultural technologies within social networks: Evidence from composting in Mali. In Enhancing women’s assets to manage risk under climate change: Potential for group-based approaches. Ringler, Claudia; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Bryan, Elizabeth; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela, Eds. 2014. Pp. 47-49. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/128759