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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
Improving last-mile service delivery using phone-based monitoring: Evidence from India Monitoring a programme by calling recipients is a cost-effective way to improve implementation quality... Institutions & Political Economy Karthik Muralidharan Paul Niehaus Sandip Sukhtankar Jeff Weaver Published 01.08.22
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
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
The impact of fertiliser management training: Evidence from Bangladesh Simple, cost-effective ‘rule-of-thumb’ training on urea application may improve fertiliser management... Agriculture Sabrin Beg Mahnaz Islam Published 13.05.22