The roles of agroclimatic similarity and returns on scale in the demand for mechanization: Insights from northern Nigeria
Using farm household data from northern Nigeria as well as various spatial agroclimatic data, this study shows that the adoption of key mechanical technologies in Nigerian agriculture (animal traction, tractors, or both) has been high in areas that are more agroclimatically similar to the locations...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Takeshima, Hiroyuki |
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| description | Using farm household data from northern Nigeria as well as various spatial agroclimatic data, this study shows that the adoption of key mechanical technologies in Nigerian agriculture (animal traction, tractors, or both) has been high in areas that are more agroclimatically similar to the locations of agricultural research and development (R&D) stations, and this effect is heterogeneous, being particularly strong among relatively larger farms. Furthermore, such effects are likely to have been driven by the rise in returns on scale in the underlying production function caused by the adoption of these mechanical technologies. Agricultural mechanization, represented here as the switch from manual labor to animal traction and tractors, has been not only raising the average return on scale but also potentially magnifying the effects of productivity-enhancing public-sector R&D on spatial variations in agricultural productivity in countries like Nigeria. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1484972025-11-06T06:03:41Z The roles of agroclimatic similarity and returns on scale in the demand for mechanization: Insights from northern Nigeria Takeshima, Hiroyuki animal power tractors agroclimatic zones probability analysis innovation adoption agricultural mechanization agricultural productivity farm size agroclimatic similarity Using farm household data from northern Nigeria as well as various spatial agroclimatic data, this study shows that the adoption of key mechanical technologies in Nigerian agriculture (animal traction, tractors, or both) has been high in areas that are more agroclimatically similar to the locations of agricultural research and development (R&D) stations, and this effect is heterogeneous, being particularly strong among relatively larger farms. Furthermore, such effects are likely to have been driven by the rise in returns on scale in the underlying production function caused by the adoption of these mechanical technologies. Agricultural mechanization, represented here as the switch from manual labor to animal traction and tractors, has been not only raising the average return on scale but also potentially magnifying the effects of productivity-enhancing public-sector R&D on spatial variations in agricultural productivity in countries like Nigeria. 2017 2024-06-21T09:24:51Z 2024-06-21T09:24:51Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148497 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145973 application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Takeshima, Hiroyuki. 2017. The roles of agroclimatic similarity and returns on scale in the demand for mechanization: Insights from northern Nigeria. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1692. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148497 |
| spellingShingle | animal power tractors agroclimatic zones probability analysis innovation adoption agricultural mechanization agricultural productivity farm size agroclimatic similarity Takeshima, Hiroyuki The roles of agroclimatic similarity and returns on scale in the demand for mechanization: Insights from northern Nigeria |
| title | The roles of agroclimatic similarity and returns on scale in the demand for mechanization: Insights from northern Nigeria |
| title_full | The roles of agroclimatic similarity and returns on scale in the demand for mechanization: Insights from northern Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | The roles of agroclimatic similarity and returns on scale in the demand for mechanization: Insights from northern Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | The roles of agroclimatic similarity and returns on scale in the demand for mechanization: Insights from northern Nigeria |
| title_short | The roles of agroclimatic similarity and returns on scale in the demand for mechanization: Insights from northern Nigeria |
| title_sort | roles of agroclimatic similarity and returns on scale in the demand for mechanization insights from northern nigeria |
| topic | animal power tractors agroclimatic zones probability analysis innovation adoption agricultural mechanization agricultural productivity farm size agroclimatic similarity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148497 |
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