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Can training enhance adoption, knowledge and perception of organic farming practices? : evidence from a randomized experiment in Indonesia
Grimm, Michael; Luck, Nathalie - 2020
information provision and training as one driver for the adoption of organic farming practices in Indonesia. We use a randomized … controlled trial (RCT) to identify the impact of a three-day hands-on training in organic farming on smallholder farmers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242319
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Can Training Enhance Adoption, Knowledge and Perception of Organic Farming Practices? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Indonesia
Grimm, Michael - 2020
information provision and training as one driver for the adoption of organic farming practices in Indonesia. We use a randomized … controlled trial (RCT) to identify the impact of a three-day hands-on training in organic farming on smallholder farmers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012829932
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The effects of risk and ambiguity aversion on technology adoption : evidence from aquaculture in Ghana
Crentsil, Christian; Gschwandtner, Adelina; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2018
We study how aversion to risk and ambiguity affects the adoption of new technologies by Ghanaian smallholder aquafarmers. We conduct a set of field experiments designed to elicit farmers' risk and ambiguity preferences and combine it with surveybased information on their technology adoption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011948304
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The effects of risk and ambiguity aversion on technology adoption: Evidence from aquaculture in Ghana
Crentsil, Christian; Gschwandtner, Adelina; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2018
We study how aversion to risk and ambiguity affects the adoption of new technologies by Ghanaian smallholder aquafarmers. We conduct a set of field experiments designed to elicit farmers' risk and ambiguity preferences and combine it with surveybased information on their technology adoption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388813
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How to make farming and agricultural extension more nutrition-sensitive: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Kenya
Ogutu, Sylvester Ochieng; Fongar, Andrea; Gödecke, Theda; … - 2018
We analyze how agricultural extension can be made more effective in terms of increasing smallholder farmers' adoption of pro-nutrition technologies, such as biofortified crops. In a randomized controlled trial with farmers in Western Kenya, we implemented several extension treatments and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772882
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Direct and spillover effects of agricultural technology adoption programs: Experimental evidence from the Dominican Republic
Aramburu, Julián; Garone, Lucas Figal; Maffioli, Alessandro - 2019
This paper estimates the impact of an agricultural technology adoption program on agricultural production and income using an experimental approach. The context of analysis is the Program for the Support of Innovation in Agricultural Technology (PATCA II) implemented in the Dominican Republic....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141968
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Direct and spillover effects of agricultural technology adoption programs : experimental evidence from the Dominican Republic
Aramburu, Julián; Garone, Lucas Figal; Maffioli, Alessandro - 2019
This paper estimates the impact of an agricultural technology adoption program on agricultural production and income using an experimental approach. The context of analysis is the Program for the Support of Innovation in Agricultural Technology (PATCA II) implemented in the Dominican Republic....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028598
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How to make farming and agricultural extension more nutrition-sensitive : evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Kenya
Ogutu, Sylvester Ochieng; Fongar, Andrea; Gödecke, Theda; … - 2018
We analyze how agricultural extension can be made more effective in terms of increasing smallholder farmers' adoption of pro-nutrition technologies, such as biofortified crops. In a randomized controlled trial with farmers in Western Kenya, we implemented several extension treatments and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011771812
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Consumption risk, technology adoption and poverty traps: evidence from Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan; Christiaensen, Luc - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2007
Much has been written on the determinants of input and technology adoption in agriculture, with issues such as input availability, knowledge and education, risk preferences, profitability, and credit constraints receiving much attention. This paper focuses on a factor that has been less well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009642414
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Consumption risk, technology adoption and poverty traps: evidence from Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan; Christiaensen, Luc - Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, … - 2008
Much has been written on the determinants of input and technology adoption in agriculture, with issues such as input availability, knowledge and education, risk preferences, profitability, and credit constraints receiving much attention. This paper focuses on a factor that has been less well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419086