The adoption of improved agricultural technologies: A meta-analysis for Africa

Understanding the determinants of improved agricultural technology adoption is an important component of increasing agricultural productivity and incomes of smallholders to reduce poverty and hunger, which are the top two Sustainable Development Goals. Among the actions needed to achieve this, pa...

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Autores principales: Arslan, Aslihan, Floress, Kristin, Lamanna, Christine, Lipper, Leslie, Asfaw, Solomon, Rosenstock, Todd S.
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110037
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author Arslan, Aslihan
Floress, Kristin
Lamanna, Christine
Lipper, Leslie
Asfaw, Solomon
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Asfaw, Solomon
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Lamanna, Christine
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description Understanding the determinants of improved agricultural technology adoption is an important component of increasing agricultural productivity and incomes of smallholders to reduce poverty and hunger, which are the top two Sustainable Development Goals. Among the actions needed to achieve this, particular attention is paid to the identification and promotion of productivity and resilience enhancing agricultural practices. The micro-economic literature on the analysis of the drivers of agricultural technology adoption is well-established since the Green Revolution. Although numerous seminal reviews of this literature have been published, most of these were theoretical or conceptual reviews and focus on earlier literature from continents other than Africa, which is the continent facing the biggest productivity challenge now. This paper synthesizes the findings of this literature focusing on Africa using a meta-data set that brings together the results of 168 recently published papers. We find that most of this literature focuses on agronomic practices and that agroforestry and livestock related studies make up less than one fifth of the total published papers. Eleven determinants, primarily those related to information access, wealth indicators and tenure security, are found to increase adoption more than chance would dictate in the literature. Our findings provide evidence to support recommendations for future policy and research.
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spelling CGSpace1100372024-01-23T12:03:53Z The adoption of improved agricultural technologies: A meta-analysis for Africa Arslan, Aslihan Floress, Kristin Lamanna, Christine Lipper, Leslie Asfaw, Solomon Rosenstock, Todd S. food security agriculture climate change adoption Understanding the determinants of improved agricultural technology adoption is an important component of increasing agricultural productivity and incomes of smallholders to reduce poverty and hunger, which are the top two Sustainable Development Goals. Among the actions needed to achieve this, particular attention is paid to the identification and promotion of productivity and resilience enhancing agricultural practices. The micro-economic literature on the analysis of the drivers of agricultural technology adoption is well-established since the Green Revolution. Although numerous seminal reviews of this literature have been published, most of these were theoretical or conceptual reviews and focus on earlier literature from continents other than Africa, which is the continent facing the biggest productivity challenge now. This paper synthesizes the findings of this literature focusing on Africa using a meta-data set that brings together the results of 168 recently published papers. We find that most of this literature focuses on agronomic practices and that agroforestry and livestock related studies make up less than one fifth of the total published papers. Eleven determinants, primarily those related to information access, wealth indicators and tenure security, are found to increase adoption more than chance would dictate in the literature. Our findings provide evidence to support recommendations for future policy and research. 2020-08-03 2020-11-03T16:47:40Z 2020-11-03T16:47:40Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110037 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Arslan A, Floress K, Lamanna C, Lipper L, Asfaw S, Rosenstock T. 2020. The adoption of improved agricultural technologies: A meta-analysis for Africa. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
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Arslan, Aslihan
Floress, Kristin
Lamanna, Christine
Lipper, Leslie
Asfaw, Solomon
Rosenstock, Todd S.
The adoption of improved agricultural technologies: A meta-analysis for Africa
title The adoption of improved agricultural technologies: A meta-analysis for Africa
title_full The adoption of improved agricultural technologies: A meta-analysis for Africa
title_fullStr The adoption of improved agricultural technologies: A meta-analysis for Africa
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title_short The adoption of improved agricultural technologies: A meta-analysis for Africa
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topic food security
agriculture
climate change
adoption
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110037
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