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A. Nilesh Fernando
A. Nilesh Fernando is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. His research focusses on frictions in labour markets and the agricultural sector in the developing world. His most recent work explores labour market intermediaries, migration, labour mobility, and information frictions in agriculture.
He received his PhD from Harvard University in 2015 and his BA from Hampshire College in 2007.
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Digital agricultural extension: Stimulating or supplanting farmers’ interactions?
Governments and non-profit organisations are increasingly reliant on using digital technologies to deliver information. In the context of agricultural extension in Gujarat, this article looks at whether these digital flows of information crowd out in-person interactions that have been critical to agricultural technology adoption. It finds that access to a mobile phone-based extension system makes farmers less reliant on their peers for information, but still stimulates information exchange and increases demand for digital services.
