05771cam a2200673 c 4500 1847453791 DE-627 20240514194532.0 cr uuu---uuuuu 230606s2023 gw |||||o 00| ||eng c 9783959921596 PDF 978-3-95992-159-6 urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-977351 urn 10419/278840 hdl (DE-627)1847453791 (DE-599)KXP1847453791 (OCoLC)1381164526 DE-627 ger DE-627 rda eng eng XA-DE-ST 330 DE-101 48.00 bkl 53.76 bkl 48.18 bkl Tadjiev, Abdusame VerfasserIn aut Determinants and impact of farmers' participation in social media groups evidence from irrigated areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Abdusame Tadjiev, Zafar Kurbanov, Nodir Djanibekov, Ajit Govind and Akmal Akramkhanov ; Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO) Halle (Saale), Deutschland Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien (IAMO) 2023 1 Online-Ressource (IV, 48 Seiten, 1,91 MB) Diagramme Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Discussion paper / IAMO, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies # 201 (2023) Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 37-44 The spread of information and communications technology (ICT) in Central Asia has reached a point where most farmers use smartphones with mobile internet access, providing an opportunity for a cost-effective and timely access to agricultural information and extension services. When extension service provision is poor and does not reflect farmers’ immediate needs, farmers often seek other sources of information, such as exchanging knowledge with their peers via social media groups in instant messaging applications (apps). Using the findings of a farm-level survey conducted in 2022 in irrigated areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, we study behavior and attitudes of farmers in terms of participation in smartphone-based social media groups and its impact of farm performance. We find that in the two country contexts underlying reasons for participation in social groups differ. In Kazakhstan, participation decisions are made by those who have better access to a mobile internet connection, are younger, have agriculture-related education, have a wider communication circle on phone with more than four individuals, cultivate fewer crops, have lands with low soil quality and poor irrigation water access, as well as located in remote areas. In Uzbekistan participation decisions are made by those who see the relevance of mobile internet for their farm business, have own agronomic knowledge, are open to new things, care less about the opinion of other farmers, have higher perception about freedom in crop choice, have off-farm work, as well as poor irrigation water access. These findings suggest farmers' participation in agricultural information-sharing groups (AISG) is influenced less by the type of cultivated crops or farm size, but by their institutional environment. The findings are relevant for developing private strategies and public policies to spread digital technologies among Central Asia’s farmers. When introducing smartphone-based digital advisory services policymakers are recommended to start scaling up with younger and more educated farmers who rely on their own knowledge and are more open to embracing new ways of farming and interaction. Farmers’ decision-making autonomy will be crucial for converting digital transformation in agriculture into farm benefits. Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet 2023 PEST XA-DE-ST pdager DE-3 Extension services (dpeaa)DE-206 self-help groups (dpeaa)DE-206 knowledge exchange (dpeaa)DE-206 partcipation determinants (dpeaa)DE-206 Central Asia (dpeaa)DE-206 (DE-206)34 Graue Literatur DE-206 Kurbanov, Zafar VerfasserIn aut Djanibekov, Nodir 1979- VerfasserIn (DE-588)135895855 (DE-627)572483716 (DE-576)300705050 aut Govind, Ajit VerfasserIn aut Akramkhanov, Akmal VerfasserIn aut Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien Herausgebendes Organ (DE-588)1046298321 (DE-627)776057839 (DE-576)399608095 isb Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in Transformationsökonomien Discussion paper # 201 (2023) 201 (DE-627)776633635 (DE-576)399753826 (DE-600)2750323-9 am http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-977351 Resolving-System Langzeitarchivierung kostenfrei https://www.iamo.de/fileadmin/documents/dp201.pdf Verlag kostenfrei https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278840 Resolving-System kostenfrei https://d-nb.info/1314651463/34 Langzeitarchivierung Nationalbibliothek kostenfrei OAEPF-ST-GESAMT 4329479745 DE-206 206 GBV d DS 50 K: 4348770565 DE-3 3 GBV d eBook 4364824429 DE-2173 2173 GBV d 4340269638 LFER LFER BSZ d https://www.iamo.de/fileadmin/documents/dp201.pdf 48.00 Land- und Forstwirtschaft: Allgemeines (DE-627)106423312 53.76 Kommunikationsdienste Fernmeldetechnik (DE-627)106418076 48.18 Land- und forstwirtschaftliche Betriebslehre (DE-627)106421611 BO