-scale experiment to test these predictions among farmers in Western Kenya, and we fail to find support for either. However, in the same … this new technology. The core idea of the model is that not all information is reliable, and farmers are reluctant to …, transparent technologies to facilitate communication …

Agricultural extension programs often train a few farmers and count on diffusion through social networks for the …-step experiment of an agronomy training program among Rwandan coffee farmers, we first randomize the concentration of trainees at the … farmers. We find no evidence of social diffusion; instead, control households experienced negative spillovers in high …

and other features of the communication process determine the popularity and pricing of active investment strategies …