yields, notably the schooling of farmers and agro-ecological characteristics of arable land. The data we use were collected … (exogenously supplied to farms), educational attainment of farmers, usage of farm inputs, among others. A quantile regression …

question of how agricultural research can be used more effectively to improve agricultural production and farmers' livelihoods …

farmers are the most persuasive. Incorporating communication dynamics can enrich the literature on social learning. … agents to communicate with farmers, although social networks are known to be the most credible source of information about … new technologies. We conduct a large-scale field experiment on communication strategies in which extension workers are …

inputs on credit to cocoa farmers in Ghana.  High estimated average productive impacts for treated farmers are found to be … average returns mask substantial and persistent heterogeneity, and that farmers experiment in order to learn about their …

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) developments have taken place in Africa with the significant growth … with lessons from Asia with respect to farmers’ access to information and other services that would help improve …