Evaluations

Search our database of 987 randomized evaluations conducted by our affiliates in 84 countries. To browse summaries of key policy recommendations from a subset of these evaluations, visit the Policy Publications tab.
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Agriculture, Finance
Finding Missing Markets: An Agricultural Brokerage Intervention in Kenya
Smallholder Kenyan farmers export more crops with credit and coordination services, but incomes do not significantly improve.

Agriculture
Rates of Return to Fertilizer: Evidence from Field Experiments in Kenya
Researchers in Kenya collaborated with the NGO International Child Support to measure the returns to different types of fertilizer among local farmers. While results show that all interventions led to increases in yield, rate-of-return calculations indicate that not all were profitable for the average farmer.

Agriculture, Finance
Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Complex implementation and information gaps explain why farmers do not use theoretically profitable fertilizers in Kenya.

Agriculture
Farmer Decision-Making and Technology Experimentation in Indonesia
Providing farmers with data on previously unnoticed factors affecting their crop yields can help them adopt optimal agricultural practices.

Agriculture, Finance
Demand for Rainfall Insurance in India
In the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, researchers tested how demand for weather insurance responded to different marketing schemes and price discounts. They found that demand was very price sensitive, but that poor understanding of the product, distrust of insurance agents, and liquidity constraints also limited take-up.

Agriculture, Finance
Futures Prices and Risk Hedging in Gujarat, India
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to measure the impact of a crop price awareness program on reducing price uncertainty and promoting forward-looking planting decisions among farmers in India.