Agricultural extension, trust, and learning: results from economic experiments in Ecuador
通过厄瓜多尔的实验和培训干预，研究发现信任农业技术员的农民在培训中学到更多，为农业推广服务设计提供参考。
Using an artefactual economic experiment and a randomized training intervention in Ecuador we test if trust conditions a farmer’s decision to learn during an agricultural training. We present a simple model of farmer behavior during the agricultural training in order to link play in the laboratory to behavior in the field. We find evidence that farmers who trust agricultural technicians relatively more than community farmers in the trust game learn more during training. The results provide insight into the design of agricultural extension services in Ecuador.