How peer learning improved agricultural technology adoption in Tanzania

As mobile phones proliferate across the developing world, digital delivery of agricultural advice is positioned to play a transformative role in increasing agricultural productivity and improving livelihoods for smallholder farmers. Meanwhile, evidence shows that peer-to-peer learning, at least in person, can successfully promote technology adoption.

In a new blog post published on VoxDev, McGill Department of Natural Resource Sciences Professor Aurélie Harou and her co-authors write about the findings of their recent paper, which examined whether this peer learning extends to a digital framework.

Learn how digital farmer-to-farmer learning platforms could support and scale up the adoption of complex agricultural practices by leveraging existing social dynamics and mobile phones.