Technology Adoption and Dissemination in Agriculture: Evidence from Sequential Intervention in Maize Production in Uganda

Tomoya Matsumoto, Takashi Yamano and Dick Sserunkuuma
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Dick Sserunkuuma: Makerere University

No 13-14, GRIPS Discussion Papers from National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Abstract: We use a randomized control trial to measure how the free distribution of modern inputs for maize production affects their adoption in the subsequent season. Information collected through sales meetings where modern inputs were sold revealed that the average purchase quantity of free-input recipients was much higher than that of non-recipients; that of the neighbors of recipients fell in-between. Also, credit sales had a large impact on purchase quantity, and the yield performance of plots where the free inputs had been applied positively affected the purchase quantities of both recipients and the neighbors with whom they shared information on farming.

Pages: 59 pages
Date: 2013-07
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