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Microfinance to Increase Social Capital and Female Empowerment in India

Benjamin Feigenberg
Shayak Sarkar
In India, researchers randomly assigned microfinance clients to monthly or weekly meeting schedules to test whether more frequent meetings could build social capital. They found that weekly meetings lead to higher levels of social interaction that continued beyond the initial loan cycle, which...

The Impact of Farmer-to-Farmer Training on Agricultural Productivity in Uganda

Jeremie Gignoux
Rick Kamugisha
Jane Kugonza
Margaret Najjingo Mangheni
Researchers evaluated the impact of a farmer-to-farmer training program on Ugandan farmers’ knowledge and use of improved dairy farming practices, as well as dairy production and revenues. Overall, the farmer-to-farmer training program improved farmers’ knowledge, productivity and revenues.

The Market for Local Agricultural Information in Western Kenya

This study in Western Kenya will test for failures in the market for local agricultural information and measure the impact of disseminating local information on farmers’ decisions to invest in agricultural inputs.