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bEcon 4 Africa: An overview of the literature on the economic assessment of GE crops in the continent, 1996-2016
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) published the first method-focused assessment of the applied economic literature about the ex ante and ex post impacts of genetically engineered crops in developing countries in 2009.
Gender and agricultural mechanization: A mixed-methods exploration of the impacts of multi-crop reaper-harvester service provision in Bangladesh
Farmer hiring of agricultural machinery services is common in South Asia.
Food systems are comprised of the many elements that add up to the ways people get their food – the farms where food is produced, the businesses that process food into products, the markets and restaurants where it is sold and consumed, the polici
Intrahousehold valuation, preference heterogeneity, and demand for an agricultural technology in India
In this paper we examine some of the intrahousehold decisionmaking dynamics that shape household’s decision to adopt a mechanical rice transplanting technology that significantly reduces the demand for labor during transplanting.
Social networking amid social differentiation in the adoption of improved technologies: A case study in Rajasthan, India
This paper evaluates the role of social networks in the adoption of mustard hybrids.
The frontiers of technologies have been constantly expanded in many industries around the world, including the agricultural sector.
Identifying innovators and early adopters of agricultural technology: A case of wheat varieties in Rajasthan, India
The study explores the diffusion process of innovators, early adopters, and late adopters of agricultural technologies.
‘Sticky Rice’: Variety inertia and groundwater crisis in a technologically progressive state of India
This paper studies the high adoption of Pusa 44, a long-duration and old rice variety cultivated in Punjab, despite the availability of new short-duration varieties and the overall technological advancement of agriculture.
Multidecadal, county-level analysis of the effects of land use, Bt cotton, and weather on cotton pests in China
By examining long-term data, changes in land use, climate, & agricultural technologies that could affect pest severity and management can be analyzed.
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.
Le PPAAO appuie la création, la diffusion et l’adoption de technologies améliorées, l’instauration de conditions propices à la coopération régionale et le développement des capacités humaines et institutionnelles à travers la sous-région, ainsi qu
WAAPP supports the generation, dissemination, and adoption of improved technologies; the creation of enabling conditions for regional cooperation; and the development of human and institutional capacity across the subregion; along with the creatio
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.
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