Agricultural extension and technology adoption for food security: Evidence from Uganda

Agricultural extension and technology adoption for food security: Evidence from Uganda

This article was published in The American Journal of Agricultural Economics [©2018 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay012 The Article's website is at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1093/ajae/aay012...

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Hoofdauteurs: Pan, Yao, Smith, Stephen C, Sulaiman, Munshi
Andere auteurs: BRAC Institute of Governance and Development
Formaat: Journal Article
Taal:en_US
Gepubliceerd in: Wiley Online Library 2022
Onderwerpen:
Agriculture
Farmer
Food
Training
Uganda
Online toegang:http://hdl.handle.net/10361/16288
https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay012
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spelling 10361-162882022-03-27T05:13:48Z Agricultural extension and technology adoption for food security: Evidence from Uganda Pan, Yao Smith, Stephen C Sulaiman, Munshi BRAC Institute of Governance and Development Agriculture Farmer Food Training Uganda This article was published in The American Journal of Agricultural Economics [©2018 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay012 The Article's website is at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1093/ajae/aay012 We evaluate causal impacts of a large-scale agricultural extension program for smallholder women farmers on technology adoption and food security in Uganda through a regression discontinuity design that exploits an arbitrary distance-to-branch threshold for village program eligibility. We find eligible farmers used better basic cultivation methods, achieved improved food security. Given minimal changes in adoption of relatively expensive inputs, we attribute these gains to improved cultivation methods that require low upfront monetary investment. Farmers also modified their shock-coping methods. These results highlight the role of information and training in boosting agricultural productivity among poor farmers and, indirectly, improving food security. Published 2022-02-22T05:14:55Z 2022-02-22T05:14:55Z 2018 2018-04-23 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/10361/16288 https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay012 en_US https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1093/ajae/aay012 American Journal of Agricultural Economics Wiley Online Library
institution Brac University
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language en_US
topic Agriculture
Farmer
Food
Training
Uganda
spellingShingle Agriculture
Farmer
Food
Training
Uganda
Pan, Yao
Smith, Stephen C
Sulaiman, Munshi
Agricultural extension and technology adoption for food security: Evidence from Uganda
description This article was published in The American Journal of Agricultural Economics [©2018 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay012 The Article's website is at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1093/ajae/aay012
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Pan, Yao
Smith, Stephen C
Sulaiman, Munshi
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Smith, Stephen C
Sulaiman, Munshi
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title Agricultural extension and technology adoption for food security: Evidence from Uganda
title_short Agricultural extension and technology adoption for food security: Evidence from Uganda
title_full Agricultural extension and technology adoption for food security: Evidence from Uganda
title_fullStr Agricultural extension and technology adoption for food security: Evidence from Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Agricultural extension and technology adoption for food security: Evidence from Uganda
title_sort agricultural extension and technology adoption for food security: evidence from uganda
publisher Wiley Online Library
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https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay012
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