Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202822 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12476
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Many development programs that attempt to disseminate improved technologies are limited in duration, either because of external funding constraints or an assumption of impact sustainability; but there is limited evidence on whether and when terminating such programs is efficient. We provide novel experimental evidence on the impacts of a randomized phase-out of an extension and subsidy program that promotes improved inputs and cultivation practices among smallholder women farmers in Uganda. We find that phase-out does not diminish the use of either practices or inputs, as farmers shift purchases from NGO-sponsored village-based supply networks to market sources. These results indicate short-term interventions can suffice to trigger persistent effects, consistent with models of technology adoption that emphasize learning from experience.
Subjects: 
randomized phaseout
subsidies
supply chain
food security
agricultural technology adoption
agricultural extension
high-yielding varieties
randomized controlled trial
Uganda
JEL: 
O13
O33
I32
Q12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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