The apparent positive impact of training coffee farmers in Rwanda was driven by negative spillover effects on farmers who did not receive training

Small-scale irrigation pumps in Kenya provided both economic and non-economic benefits to smallholder farmers, and improved the position of women in...

Technological improvements alone are unlikely to modernise agriculture if farmers are uncertain about the quality of new innovations

Barrier-free inter-state trade can boost Indian farmers' income on average by increasing competition among intermediaries, but some farmers may...

An information clearinghouse provided accurate information to rural farmers in Pakistan, reducing information asymmetries and increasing veterinarian...

Improving consumer information can increase the productivity of smallholder farmers by helping them detect product quality

How should development programmes that attempt to disseminate improved technologies be phased out?

Low agricultural productivity in developing countries is not destiny, as there is remarkable potential for raising crop yields given their land...

Prices don’t always rise after harvest, so rather than store maize and risk selling later at a lower price, farmers may prefer to sell straight away