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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2020
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 456
Verlag: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Zusammenfassung: 
Why adoption rate of potentially profitable agricultural technologies in Africa remains low is still puzzling. This paper uses a randomized control trial to study Ugandan subsistence smallholders' decisions to adopt cash crops. A unique way of eliciting farmers price and yield expectations allows us to investigate the role of farmers' ex-ante beliefs about crop profitability on adoption decisions. We find that the provision of extension services increases oilseeds adoption by 15%, and farmers who under-estimate oilseeds price at baseline are the most likely to adopt the new crops. The results suggest that changes in expectations drive agricultural technology take-up.
Schlagwörter: 
Technology Adoption
Commercial Farming
Randomized Controlled Trial
Uganda
JEL: 
O13
O33
Q14
Q15
Q16
Dokumentart: 
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