Agriculture
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Harnessing technology to boost African agriculture
How can policymakers promote technological progress in African agriculture?
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Effective agricultural advice at scale: Evidence from India
Video aids tailored to their context and shown repeatedly can improve outcomes for hard to reach female farmers in India
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Bundled contracts and technological diffusion caused the Brazilian soybean boom
Bundling technology and services enabled the soybean boom in the Brazilian savanna - migrant farmers in low-quality land gained the most from bundled contracting
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Farm security and agricultural development
Crop theft is an understudied risk faced by smallholder farmers that may impose pervasive costs on farmers. New evidence from Kenya reveals the different ways that theft, and the fear of theft, constrain agricultural development.
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Dominant buyers and rural development: Evidence from China
Agricultural markets in developing countries might be insufficiently competitive. A case study of cigarette manufacturer reforms in China casts new light on the adverse consequences of imperfect competition on rural poverty and economic growth.
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The role of caste in agricultural technology diffusion
Local social structures, such as the jati-caste system in India, can play an important role in the extent of diffusion of new and beneficial agricultural technologies
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Building trust in the quality of fertilisers in Tanzania
A low-touch information campaign in Tanzania improved farmers’ confidence in the quality of fertiliser, leading to an increase in purchases
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Agronomy training in Rwanda had negative spillovers
The apparent positive impact of training coffee farmers in Rwanda was driven by negative spillover effects on farmers who did not receive training
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Agricultural Technology in Africa: Issue 2