The impact of the use of new technologies on farmers’ wheat yield in Ethiopia: Evidence from a randomized control trial
In 2013, Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation Agency introduced the Wheat Initiative to increase smallholder productivity. In this article, we measure the impacts of the Wheat Initiative package of technologies, and its marketing assistance component alone, on yields among a promotional group of f...
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| author | Abate, Gashaw T. Bernard, Tanguy de Brauw, Alan Minot, Nicholas |
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| description | In 2013, Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation Agency introduced the Wheat Initiative to increase smallholder productivity. In this article, we measure the impacts of the Wheat Initiative package of technologies, and its marketing assistance component alone, on yields among a promotional group of farmers. The package includes improved techniques, improved inputs, and a guaranteed market for the crop. Relying on crop-cut measures and farmers’ own assessments, we find that full package led to an average 14% higher yields. Implementation of the Wheat Initiative was successful in making certified seed and fertilizer accessible to farmers and increasing their uptake, though only 61% of the intervention group adopted row planting and few farmers received marketing assistance. The measured yield difference may underestimate the true yield difference associated with the technology because of incomplete adoption of the recommended practices by intervention farmers and adoption of some practices by control farmers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1459282025-12-08T10:29:22Z The impact of the use of new technologies on farmers’ wheat yield in Ethiopia: Evidence from a randomized control trial Abate, Gashaw T. Bernard, Tanguy de Brauw, Alan Minot, Nicholas agricultural practices economic development random sampling crop yield innovation adoption agricultural development yields experimental design wheat In 2013, Ethiopia's Agricultural Transformation Agency introduced the Wheat Initiative to increase smallholder productivity. In this article, we measure the impacts of the Wheat Initiative package of technologies, and its marketing assistance component alone, on yields among a promotional group of farmers. The package includes improved techniques, improved inputs, and a guaranteed market for the crop. Relying on crop-cut measures and farmers’ own assessments, we find that full package led to an average 14% higher yields. Implementation of the Wheat Initiative was successful in making certified seed and fertilizer accessible to farmers and increasing their uptake, though only 61% of the intervention group adopted row planting and few farmers received marketing assistance. The measured yield difference may underestimate the true yield difference associated with the technology because of incomplete adoption of the recommended practices by intervention farmers and adoption of some practices by control farmers. 2018-05-17 2024-06-21T09:05:21Z 2024-06-21T09:05:21Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145928 en https://purl.umn.edu/235651 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148454 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150379 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150380 Open Access Wiley Abate, Gashaw T.; Bernard, Tanguy; de Brauw, Alan; and Minot, Nicholas. 2018. The impact of the use of new technologies on farmers’ wheat yield in Ethiopia: Evidence from a randomized control trial. Agricultural Economics. 49(4): 409-421. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12425 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural practices economic development random sampling crop yield innovation adoption agricultural development yields experimental design wheat Abate, Gashaw T. Bernard, Tanguy de Brauw, Alan Minot, Nicholas The impact of the use of new technologies on farmers’ wheat yield in Ethiopia: Evidence from a randomized control trial |
| title | The impact of the use of new technologies on farmers’ wheat yield in Ethiopia: Evidence from a randomized control trial |
| title_full | The impact of the use of new technologies on farmers’ wheat yield in Ethiopia: Evidence from a randomized control trial |
| title_fullStr | The impact of the use of new technologies on farmers’ wheat yield in Ethiopia: Evidence from a randomized control trial |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of the use of new technologies on farmers’ wheat yield in Ethiopia: Evidence from a randomized control trial |
| title_short | The impact of the use of new technologies on farmers’ wheat yield in Ethiopia: Evidence from a randomized control trial |
| title_sort | impact of the use of new technologies on farmers wheat yield in ethiopia evidence from a randomized control trial |
| topic | agricultural practices economic development random sampling crop yield innovation adoption agricultural development yields experimental design wheat |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145928 |
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