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

Small agricultural input suppliers can drive farm-level adoption of new technologies by over 50% more than conventional extension service methods

Agricultural extension services delivered through small input suppliers lead to higher adoption of new technologies by farmers

Both demand-side and supply-side interventions are required to boost agricultural quality and productivity

Farmers with access to digital agricultural extension shared more information with their peers and became sought-after members of farmer peer groups

Simple, cost-effective ‘rule-of-thumb’ training on urea application may improve fertiliser management

Bundling genetic and financial technologies can make small-scale agriculture more resilient and productive