The long-run development impacts of agricultural productivity gains: Evidence from irrigation canals in India Evidence from canals in India shows that labour mobility is a key adjustment channel to agricultural growth Agriculture Sam Asher Alison Campion Douglas Gollin Paul Novosad Published 21.10.22
Customised information improves agricultural extension uptake in Nigeria Digital tools with site-specific fertiliser advice and information on expected returns can increase farmers’ yields by encouraging fertiliser use Agriculture Oyakhilomen Oyinbo Jordan Chamberlin Tahirou Abdoulaye Miet Maertens Published 29.09.22
Incentivising production quality in cooperative agriculture: Evidence from Indian dairy cooperatives Group incentives can lead agricultural cooperative managers to improve production quality, but increasing transparency around incentives can backfire Agriculture Manaswini Rao Ashish Shenoy Published 15.08.22
Some farmers create more social value than others: Technology spillovers in Uganda Farmers are willing to pay to induce other farmers to adopt new technologies, and can help identify who among them should adopt first Agriculture Benedetta Lerva Published 18.07.22
Factor market failures and the adoption of irrigation in Rwanda Land and labour market failures lead to inefficient adoption of otherwise promising irrigation technology Agriculture Maria Ruth Jones Florence Kondylis John Loeser Jeremy Magruder Published 08.07.22
Private input suppliers can drive technology adoption in agriculture Small agricultural input suppliers can drive farm-level adoption of new technologies by over 50% more than conventional extension service methods Agriculture Manzoor Dar Alain De Janvry Kyle Emerick Elisabeth Sadoulet Eleanor Wiseman Published 13.06.22
Working with small input suppliers to drive adoption of agricultural technologies Agricultural extension services delivered through small input suppliers lead to higher adoption of new technologies by farmers Agriculture Manzoor Dar Alain De Janvry Kyle Emerick Elisabeth Sadoulet Eleanor Wiseman Published 01.06.22
Market access and quality upgrading: Evidence from Uganda Both demand-side and supply-side interventions are required to boost agricultural quality and productivity Agriculture Tessa Bold Selene Ghisolfi Frances Nsonzi Jakob Svensson Published 27.05.22
Mobile phone-based extension, peer interactions, and farmer information exchange: Evidence from Gujarat Farmers with access to digital agricultural extension shared more information with their peers and became sought-after members of farmer peer groups Agriculture A. Nilesh Fernando Renee Yaseen Published 16.05.22
