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

Subsidising land rentals in Kenya increased land access equity and efficiency persistently, highlighting the importance of land markets for...

Women’s inclusion in training, farm management and planning can boost the efficiency of agricultural production

Evidence from canals in India shows that labour mobility is a key adjustment channel to agricultural growth

Digital tools with site-specific fertiliser advice and information on expected returns can increase farmers’ yields by encouraging fertiliser use

Group incentives can lead agricultural cooperative managers to improve production quality, but increasing transparency around incentives can backfire

Farmers are willing to pay to induce other farmers to adopt new technologies, and can help identify who among them should adopt first

Land and labour market failures lead to inefficient adoption of otherwise promising irrigation technology