Private sector promotion of climate-smart technologies: Experimental evidence from Nigeria

Sustainable intensification is predicated on climate-smart agricultural input adoption. We test strategies for promoting the adoption of climate-smart agricultural inputs in Nigeria with a private sector firm. We disentangle the effects of price discount promotions (25 percent discounts) relative to...

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Autores principales: Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda, Dillon, Andrew, Bloem, Jeffrey R., Adjognon, Guigonan Serge
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140856
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author Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda
Dillon, Andrew
Bloem, Jeffrey R.
Adjognon, Guigonan Serge
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Bloem, Jeffrey R.
Dillon, Andrew
Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda
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Dillon, Andrew
Bloem, Jeffrey R.
Adjognon, Guigonan Serge
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description Sustainable intensification is predicated on climate-smart agricultural input adoption. We test strategies for promoting the adoption of climate-smart agricultural inputs in Nigeria with a private sector firm. We disentangle the effects of price discount promotions (25 percent discounts) relative to the firm’s standard “business as usual” marketing package. We find that the standard marketing package increases the adoption of climate-smart urea super granule (USG) fertilizer by 24 percentage points while reducing prilled urea utilization by 17 percentage points. Discounts increase adoption of USG by an additional eight percentage points, but are not profitable for the input supply firm as a scalable marketing strategy. Although treatment reduces nitrogen runoff damages valued between USD 43 and 113 per hectare, it did not lead to increased rice yields for farmers.
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spelling CGSpace1408562025-12-02T21:03:13Z Private sector promotion of climate-smart technologies: Experimental evidence from Nigeria Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda Dillon, Andrew Bloem, Jeffrey R. Adjognon, Guigonan Serge technology adoption fertilizers rice economic sectors private sector climate change adaptation climate-smart agriculture Sustainable intensification is predicated on climate-smart agricultural input adoption. We test strategies for promoting the adoption of climate-smart agricultural inputs in Nigeria with a private sector firm. We disentangle the effects of price discount promotions (25 percent discounts) relative to the firm’s standard “business as usual” marketing package. We find that the standard marketing package increases the adoption of climate-smart urea super granule (USG) fertilizer by 24 percentage points while reducing prilled urea utilization by 17 percentage points. Discounts increase adoption of USG by an additional eight percentage points, but are not profitable for the input supply firm as a scalable marketing strategy. Although treatment reduces nitrogen runoff damages valued between USD 43 and 113 per hectare, it did not lead to increased rice yields for farmers. 2022-12-27 2024-04-12T13:36:46Z 2024-04-12T13:36:46Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140856 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160312 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149370 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.04.008 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231764 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142965 https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.322152 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda; Dillon, Andrew; Bloem, Jeffrey R.; and Adjognon, Guigonan Serge. 2022. Private sector promotion of climate-smart technologies: Experimental evidence from Nigeria. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2155. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136499.
spellingShingle technology adoption
fertilizers
rice
economic sectors
private sector
climate change adaptation
climate-smart agriculture
Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda
Dillon, Andrew
Bloem, Jeffrey R.
Adjognon, Guigonan Serge
Private sector promotion of climate-smart technologies: Experimental evidence from Nigeria
title Private sector promotion of climate-smart technologies: Experimental evidence from Nigeria
title_full Private sector promotion of climate-smart technologies: Experimental evidence from Nigeria
title_fullStr Private sector promotion of climate-smart technologies: Experimental evidence from Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Private sector promotion of climate-smart technologies: Experimental evidence from Nigeria
title_short Private sector promotion of climate-smart technologies: Experimental evidence from Nigeria
title_sort private sector promotion of climate smart technologies experimental evidence from nigeria
topic technology adoption
fertilizers
rice
economic sectors
private sector
climate change adaptation
climate-smart agriculture
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140856
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