Agriculture
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Land rental markets: Experimental evidence from Kenya
Subsidising land rentals in Kenya increased land access equity and efficiency persistently, highlighting the importance of land markets for...
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Two heads are better than one: Agricultural production and investment in Côte d’Ivoire
Women’s inclusion in training, farm management and planning can boost the efficiency of agricultural production
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The long-run development impacts of agricultural productivity gains: Evidence from irrigation canals in India
Evidence from canals in India shows that labour mobility is a key adjustment channel to agricultural growth
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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
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Incentivising production quality in cooperative agriculture: Evidence from Indian dairy cooperatives
Group incentives can lead agricultural cooperative managers to improve production quality, but increasing transparency around incentives can backfire
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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
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Factor market failures and the adoption of irrigation in Rwanda
Land and labour market failures lead to inefficient adoption of otherwise promising irrigation technology
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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