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Agricultural Input Subsidies and Savings in Mozambique

Michael Carter
Rachid Laajaj
Dean Yang
Researchers partnered with the Ministry of Agriculture in Mozambique to assess the impact of both vouchers and savings programs on smallholder farmers’ use of agricultural technologies and household well-being. The temporary subsidy for technology adoption increased use of fertilizer and improved...
Farmer holds a hoe

Are Rainwater Harvesting Techniques Profitable for Small-Scale Farmers? The Adoption and Impact of RWH Techniques in Niger

Jenny Aker
Kelsey Jack
In Niger, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of providing training and conditional or unconditional cash transfers on farmers’ adoption and use of an environmental technology, their resulting land use, agricultural production and profitability, and labor allocation...
Farm worker text messaging on mobile phone in rural field

Improving Price Negotiations and Profits through SMS-based Agricultural Information for Farmers in India

Marcel Fafchamps
Bart Minten
Researchers partnered with Thomson-Reuters to evaluate whether receiving information through SMS messages generated economic benefits for farmers in India. Results showed no effect of the intervention on prices, crop losses, or cultivation practices. However, increased access to information seems to...
Farmer harvests greens in a field by hand.

Irrigation Tank Rehabilitation for Improved Agricultural Outcomes and Water Management in India

Xavier Giné
Aprajit Mahajan
Anup Malani
Manaswini Rao
The Government of Telangana is partnering with researchers to determine the impact of restoring water tanks for irrigation on water management, agricultural output, and farmers’ income.
Local farmer works in the countryside near Banani village

The Effects of Varying Input Market Timing and Access to Credit on Farmers’ Agricultural Investment in Mali

Andrew Dillon
Nicoló Tomaselli
In Mali, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test how the design and timing of a physical market for inputs (village input fairs) with varying levels of credit access affected farmers’ investment decisions. They found that farmers with access to credit from VIFs organized after harvest...
Agrodealer holds package of seeds in a storefront.

Targeted Information for The Adoption of Flood-Tolerant Rice in India

Manzoor H. Dar
Kyle Emerick
Alain de Janvry
Elisabeth Sadoulet
Eleanor Wiseman
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the effect of providing information and experimental kits of an improved variety of flood-tolerant rice, Swarna-Sub1 or SS1, to agro-dealers on adoption rates among their customers. Overall, informing agro-dealers and providing them with seeds...
A canal splits the hill in two

The Impact of Providing Land Tax Subsidies, Local Monitoring, and Minikits on Irrigation Use in Rwanda

Maria Jones
Florence Kondylis
John Loeser
Jeremy Magruder
Building off of previous quasi-experimental research, researchers conducted three randomized evaluations to test the impact of providing farmers with land tax subsidies, different ways of monitoring water access and the canal’s operations and maintenance, or farming minikits on farmers' use of...
Nerica rice

Improving Yields and Health through a High-Yielding Rice Variety (NERICA) in Sierra Leone

Rachel Glennerster
Tavneet Suri
Improved crop varieties have the potential to produce higher yields than traditional varieties, but rural farmers often do not have the knowledge to properly grow these crops. Researchers seek to understand how providing different amounts of training on how to cultivate NERICA-3, a high-yield but...