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A latent class analysis of improved agro-technology use behavior in Uganda: Implications for optimal targeting
This study uses a large dataset that covers a wide geographical and agricultural scope to describe the use patterns of improved agro-technology in Uganda.
What happens after technology adoption? Gendered aspects of small-scale irrigation technologies inEthiopia, Ghana, and Tanzania
This paper complements the gender and technology adoption literature by shifting attention to what happens after adoption of a technology.
Do beliefs about agricultural inputs counterfeiting correspond with actual rates of counterfeiting? Evidence from Uganda
Adoption of productivity- and income-enhancing agricultural technologies is conspicuously low in Africa south of the Sahara.
Rural finance and agricultural technology adoption in Ethiopia: Does institutional design matter?
Enhancing women’s assets to manage risk under climate change: Potential for group-based approaches
Potential for Group-Based Approaches
Impact of tissue culture banana technology in Kenya
Changing agricultural research and extension systems mean that informal mechanisms of information diffusion are often the primary source of information about improved seed and practices for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.
The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya
The impact of agroforestry-based soil fertility replenishment practices on the poor in Western Kenya
Western Kenya is one of the most densely populated areas in Africa. Farming there is characterized by low inputs and low crop productivity. Poverty is rampant in the region. Yet the potential for agriculture is considered good.
There is renewed interest in the intrahousehold allocation of welfare, particularly among economists studying poor countries where even slight differences in the allocation of household resources can have dramatic consequences on child and female
Impacts of programs and organizations on the adoption of sustainable land management technologies in Uganda
The government of Uganda is currently decentralizing many of its services including those directly related to agriculture and the environment.
En este informe sobre política alimentaria se sintetizan las investigaciones en curso sobre la función que de sempeña la mujer para garantizar la seguridad alimentaria en el mundo en desarrollo.