The impact of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) on the local development of rural areas has rarely been explored empirically. Here we employ methods from network science to evaluate the impact of an NGO's activities on the social capital and innovation of three Peruvian farming communities...

In this study, we examine whether the adoption of late blight resistant cultivars has an effect on yields and fungicide use. We will focus on the Amarilis variety which is considered more resistant to late blight than other varieties adopted by the farmers in the sample. Using data from three...