‘Miracle seeds,’ informational curses? The risk of high expectations for new agricultural technologies
Over the next few decades, farmers in sub-Saharan Africa will need to produce more food on less land and under increasingly difficult climatic conditions. The use of climate-smart agricultural practices and improved technologies such as higher-yielding and drought-tolerant crop varieties are thought...
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| author | Miehe, Caroline Nabwire, Leocardia Sparrow, Robert Spielman, David J. Van Campenhout, Bjorn |
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| description | Over the next few decades, farmers in sub-Saharan Africa will need to produce more food on less land and under increasingly difficult climatic conditions. The use of climate-smart agricultural practices and improved technologies such as higher-yielding and drought-tolerant crop varieties are thought to be at least part of the solution. Unfortunately, concerns are rising that the use of improved inputs and technologies across the region now seems to be stagnating—or at least advancing at a slower pace than required. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1372312025-12-08T09:54:28Z ‘Miracle seeds,’ informational curses? The risk of high expectations for new agricultural technologies Miehe, Caroline Nabwire, Leocardia Sparrow, Robert Spielman, David J. Van Campenhout, Bjorn technology seeds production innovation Over the next few decades, farmers in sub-Saharan Africa will need to produce more food on less land and under increasingly difficult climatic conditions. The use of climate-smart agricultural practices and improved technologies such as higher-yielding and drought-tolerant crop varieties are thought to be at least part of the solution. Unfortunately, concerns are rising that the use of improved inputs and technologies across the region now seems to be stagnating—or at least advancing at a slower pace than required. 2023-06-22 2024-01-05T12:41:34Z 2024-01-05T12:41:34Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137231 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136700 Open Access International Food Policy Research Institute Miehe, Caroline; Nabwire, Leocardia; Sparrow, Robert; Spielman, David J; and Campenhout, Bjorn. 2023. Miracle seeds: Biased expectations, complementary input use, and the dynamics of smallholder technology adoption. IFPRI Blog. https://www.ifpri.org/blog/%E2%80%98miracle-seeds%E2%80%99-informational-curses-risk-high-expectations-new-agricultural-technologies |
| spellingShingle | technology seeds production innovation Miehe, Caroline Nabwire, Leocardia Sparrow, Robert Spielman, David J. Van Campenhout, Bjorn ‘Miracle seeds,’ informational curses? The risk of high expectations for new agricultural technologies |
| title | ‘Miracle seeds,’ informational curses? The risk of high expectations for new agricultural technologies |
| title_full | ‘Miracle seeds,’ informational curses? The risk of high expectations for new agricultural technologies |
| title_fullStr | ‘Miracle seeds,’ informational curses? The risk of high expectations for new agricultural technologies |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘Miracle seeds,’ informational curses? The risk of high expectations for new agricultural technologies |
| title_short | ‘Miracle seeds,’ informational curses? The risk of high expectations for new agricultural technologies |
| title_sort | miracle seeds informational curses the risk of high expectations for new agricultural technologies |
| topic | technology seeds production innovation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137231 |
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