The impact of social networks on electric pump adoption and irrigation access in Bangladesh's informal water markets

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeTransforming Agrifood Systems in South Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.countryBangladeshen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BDen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierAvinash Kishore: 0000-0003-4625-4922en_US
cg.creator.identifierAditi Mukherji: 0000-0002-8061-4349en_US
cg.creator.identifierChakraborty, Shreya: 0009-0009-3611-8135en_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5076299en_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
dc.contributor.authorDeepak Varshneyen_US
dc.contributor.authorBanerjee, Anuragen_US
dc.contributor.authorChakraborty, Shreyaen_US
dc.contributor.authorKishore, Avinashen_US
dc.contributor.authorManikanta Radhakrishnaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMukherji, Aditien_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-26T22:18:46Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-01-26T22:18:46Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/170018en_US
dc.titleThe impact of social networks on electric pump adoption and irrigation access in Bangladesh's informal water marketsen_US
dcterms.abstractThis study examines the role of social networks in the adoption of electric pumps and water buyers' access to irrigation water through electric pumps in Bangladesh. Despite government efforts, adoption rates have remained low (2.5%), especially among small and marginal farmers. Using a "networks within sample" approach, we surveyed 1,225 farmers in 60 villages across Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions of Northwest Bangladesh, gathering information on social interactions among the surveyed farmers within each village. Our analysis reveals significant positive network effects: having an electric pump owner in one's social network increases the likelihood of adoption. Network effects on irrigation market access are more pronounced within the same land size class compared to social interactions across different classes. Notably, the impact on water buyers' access to irrigation through electric pumps is less pronounced when small farmers socially interact with large farmer pump owners in their social network than when the situation is reversed.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2024-10-30en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationVarshney, D., Banerjee, A., Chakraborty, S., Kishore, A., Radhakrishna, M., & Mukherji, A. (2024) The impact of social networks on electric pump adoption and irrigation access in Bangladesh's informal water markets. https://ssrn.com/abstract=5076299en_US
dcterms.issued2024en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.publisherElsevieren_US
dcterms.subjectsocial networksen_US
dcterms.subjectirrigationen_US
dcterms.subjectwater marketsen_US
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen_US
dcterms.subjectirrigation equipmenten_US
dcterms.subjectpumpsen_US
dcterms.typePreprinten_US

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