Labour, profitability and gender impacts of adopting row planting in Ethiopia
Improved technologies are increasingly promoted to farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to address low agricultural productivity. There is, however, a lack of evidence on how adoption affects farmers’ labour use, gender roles and profitability. This paper analyses the farm level impacts of the recently int...
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| author | Vandercasteelen, Joachim Dereje, Mekdim Minten, Bart Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum |
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| description | Improved technologies are increasingly promoted to farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to address low agricultural productivity. There is, however, a lack of evidence on how adoption affects farmers’ labour use, gender roles and profitability. This paper analyses the farm level impacts of the recently introduced row planting technology in teff production in Ethiopia. Using a randomised controlled trial, we show that row planting significantly increases the total labour requirement and allocation but not teff yields, resulting in a substantial drop in labour productivity. There is no significant profitability effect at the farm level, seemingly explaining the limited success in upscaling the programme. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1473332024-11-15T08:52:34Z Labour, profitability and gender impacts of adopting row planting in Ethiopia Vandercasteelen, Joachim Dereje, Mekdim Minten, Bart Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum profitability gender cropping patterns teff eragrostis tef labour labour allocation crop yield innovation adoption productivity Improved technologies are increasingly promoted to farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to address low agricultural productivity. There is, however, a lack of evidence on how adoption affects farmers’ labour use, gender roles and profitability. This paper analyses the farm level impacts of the recently introduced row planting technology in teff production in Ethiopia. Using a randomised controlled trial, we show that row planting significantly increases the total labour requirement and allocation but not teff yields, resulting in a substantial drop in labour productivity. There is no significant profitability effect at the farm level, seemingly explaining the limited success in upscaling the programme. 2018-02-21 2024-06-21T09:13:22Z 2024-06-21T09:13:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147333 en Open Access Oxford University Press Vandercasteelen, Joachim; Dereje, Mekdim; Minten, Bart; and Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum. 2018. Labour, profitability and gender impacts of adopting row planting in Ethiopia. European Review of Agricultural Economics 45(4): 471–503. https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jby001 |
| spellingShingle | profitability gender cropping patterns teff eragrostis tef labour labour allocation crop yield innovation adoption productivity Vandercasteelen, Joachim Dereje, Mekdim Minten, Bart Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum Labour, profitability and gender impacts of adopting row planting in Ethiopia |
| title | Labour, profitability and gender impacts of adopting row planting in Ethiopia |
| title_full | Labour, profitability and gender impacts of adopting row planting in Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Labour, profitability and gender impacts of adopting row planting in Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Labour, profitability and gender impacts of adopting row planting in Ethiopia |
| title_short | Labour, profitability and gender impacts of adopting row planting in Ethiopia |
| title_sort | labour profitability and gender impacts of adopting row planting in ethiopia |
| topic | profitability gender cropping patterns teff eragrostis tef labour labour allocation crop yield innovation adoption productivity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147333 |
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