Are seed distributions effective? Evidence from a randomly controlled experiment with improved bean seeds in rural Madagascar
This paper studies access to and adoption of improved seeds and the diffusion of this information in a remote area in central Madagascar. The analysis is based on panel data gathered from 2009 to 2014 for 390 households in three villages. In 2013 a randomized treatment control design was applied in...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Language: | Inglés |
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African Association of Agricultural Economists
2016
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146356 |
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