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Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension to Increase Technology Adoption Among Farmers in Ethiopia

Gashaw Abate
Tanguy Bernard
Simrin Makhija
David J. Spielman
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a video-mediated extension approach on the uptake of technologies recommended by the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture. The video-mediated instruction increased uptake through improved access to extension and farmer knowledge but...
coffee farmer spreading beans in the sun to dry

Price Incentives to Improve Coffee Quality in Uganda

Jie Bai
Lauren Falcao Bergquist
Ameet Morjaria
Researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation to test whether providing traders “bonuses” for high-quality coffee affects the prices traders offer farmers for their coffee and whether this, in turn, affects farmers’ incentives to invest in the quality of their production.
A suspended footbridge over a ravine in a jungle.

Building Footbridges to Improve Market Access and Agricultural Outcomes in Rwanda

Wyatt Brooks
Kevin Donovan
In partnership with Bridges to Prosperity, the researchers are conducting a randomized evaluation across 23 districts in Rwanda to determine the impact of building footbridges on wages and agricultural technology adoption and production.
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Encouraging Technology Adoption in Agriculture through Recommendations and In-Kind Transfers to Smallholder Farmers in Mexico

Carolina Corral
Xavier Giné
Aprajit Mahajan
In Mexico, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the effect of providing plot-specific or general soil quality analyses and input recommendations, agricultural extension services, and flexible or inflexible in-kind grants on smallholder farmers’ adoption and knowledge of improved...
A farmer picks tea leaves in a tea plantation near the city of Kericho, Kenya.

Consumer information to reduce counterfeit agricultural goods in Kenya

Eric Hsu
Edward Miguel
Anne Wacera Wambugu
In Kenya, researchers assessed the impact of training farmers to verify seed quality on their seed purchasing decisions and productivity, and the responses of seed markets to these changes. Trained farmers became better able to detect seed quality, more selective about where they bought seeds, and...
maize being run through a mill

Connecting Smallholder Farmers to Agricultural Value Chains in Rwanda

Shilpa Aggarwal
Susan Godlonton
Jon Robinson
Alan Spearot
Guanghong Xu
Researchers are evaluating the effects of providing farmers with access to maize processing services that could improve maize quality on their input decisions.
farmer holding peanuts

Cash Transfers and Management Advice for Farmers in Senegal

Kate Ambler
Alan de Brauw
Susan Godlonton
In Senegal, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to study the effect of providing management advice and a one-time cash transfer on agricultural productivity and farmers’ investment in their businesses. Receiving both the cash transfer and management advice had positive impacts on yields...
Screening of a video during agricultural extension session.

Video-Based and In-person Extension Services to Increase Agricultural Technology Adoption in Ethiopia

Adrien Bouguen
Markus Frölich
Denise Hörner
Meike Wollni
Researchers randomly evaluated the effects of a decentralized extension program and an additional video-based information campaign on farmers’ adoption of a package of integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) technologies as well as individual practices in Ethiopia. They found that both in-person...