@article{Li:335082,
      recid = {335082},
      author = {Li, Kai and Li, Qi},
      title = {Social embeddedness and agricultural technology diffusion  from the perspective of scale differentiation – a case  study from China},
      journal = {International Food and Agribusiness Management Review},
      address = {2022-08-25},
      number = {1030-2023-1176},
      month = {Aug},
      year = {2022},
      abstract = {Social embeddedness always plays important role in  facilitating agricultural technology diffusion. However, in  China, dramatic changes have occurred in the social  embeddedness of rural households in the transition from  ‘acquaintance society’ to ‘semi-acquaintance society’.  Could this be the reason for the debate over the role of  social embeddedness? What are the differences in the role  of social embeddedness between farmers with different land  scales? Based on survey data from 583 rural households from  Zhejiang Province, China, we used an endogenous switching  regression model to answer these questions. The results  indicated there are significant differences in social  embeddedness between large- and small-scale households.  Although the influence of social embeddedness on technology  adoption remains significant, its function is significantly  different between small- and large-scale farmers. To avoid  technological lock-in for small-scale farmers, the  government should strengthen the information push and  expand the coverage of environmental-friendly agricultural  subsidies for them.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/335082},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.335082},
}