Farmer social networks: The role of advice ties and organizational leadership in agroforestry adoption.

With the decline in public budgets for agricultural extension support, ties between members of farmer groups are becoming more important to facilitate information transfer about agroforestry. This paper examines the role of social network ties in predicting organizational leadership in an agroforest...

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Autores principales:	Tian Lin, Aung Phyo Ko, Maung Maung Than, Delia C Catacutan, Robert F Finlayson, Marney E Isaac
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ed935dd0722f4187942201a819f1f0962021-12-02T20:18:28ZFarmer social networks: The role of advice ties and organizational leadership in agroforestry adoption.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0255987https://doaj.org/article/ed935dd0722f4187942201a819f1f0962021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255987https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203With the decline in public budgets for agricultural extension support, ties between members of farmer groups are becoming more important to facilitate information transfer about agroforestry. This paper examines the role of social network ties in predicting organizational leadership in an agroforestry-based farmer group. Using social network data derived from interviews with members of farming groups based in the Ayeyarwady Delta of Myanmar, we established a positive relationship between advice-seeking ties and organizational leadership. In other words, farmers who were highly sought for agroforestry advice were more likely to be elected as leaders of the farmer group. Results show the frequency of interactions through advice-seeking ties also had a positive influence on the probability of farmers holding leadership positions. We found a core-periphery structure for the advice networks, whereby farmer leaders were overrepresented at the network core. Interestingly, general members of the farmer group were also in the core of the core-periphery structure, suggesting that engaging with farmers without leadership roles can also effectively disseminate agroforestry information to peripheral farmers. We conclude that farmer groups are valuable in agroforestry adoption and persistence and further analyses of formal leadership structures are needed to support more transparent and accountable governance.Tian LinAung Phyo KoMaung Maung ThanDelia C CatacutanRobert F FinlaysonMarney E IsaacPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0255987 (2021)
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description	With the decline in public budgets for agricultural extension support, ties between members of farmer groups are becoming more important to facilitate information transfer about agroforestry. This paper examines the role of social network ties in predicting organizational leadership in an agroforestry-based farmer group. Using social network data derived from interviews with members of farming groups based in the Ayeyarwady Delta of Myanmar, we established a positive relationship between advice-seeking ties and organizational leadership. In other words, farmers who were highly sought for agroforestry advice were more likely to be elected as leaders of the farmer group. Results show the frequency of interactions through advice-seeking ties also had a positive influence on the probability of farmers holding leadership positions. We found a core-periphery structure for the advice networks, whereby farmer leaders were overrepresented at the network core. Interestingly, general members of the farmer group were also in the core of the core-periphery structure, suggesting that engaging with farmers without leadership roles can also effectively disseminate agroforestry information to peripheral farmers. We conclude that farmer groups are valuable in agroforestry adoption and persistence and further analyses of formal leadership structures are needed to support more transparent and accountable governance.
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author	Tian Lin Aung Phyo Ko Maung Maung Than Delia C Catacutan Robert F Finlayson Marney E Isaac
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title	Farmer social networks: The role of advice ties and organizational leadership in agroforestry adoption.
title_short	Farmer social networks: The role of advice ties and organizational leadership in agroforestry adoption.
title_full	Farmer social networks: The role of advice ties and organizational leadership in agroforestry adoption.
title_fullStr	Farmer social networks: The role of advice ties and organizational leadership in agroforestry adoption.
title_full_unstemmed	Farmer social networks: The role of advice ties and organizational leadership in agroforestry adoption.
title_sort	farmer social networks: the role of advice ties and organizational leadership in agroforestry adoption.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
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Farmer social networks: The role of advice ties and organizational leadership in agroforestry adoption.

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