Effects of extension services on technology adoption and productivity among female and male farmers: Summary of ESSP working paper 49
This study contributes new empirical evidence on the gender difference in access to extension services in Ethiopia and how this translates to observed differences in technology adoption and agricultural productivity. Our results suggest that female house-hold heads and plot managers are less likely...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Ragasa, Catherine Berhane, Guush Tadesse, Fanaye Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum |
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| description | This study contributes new empirical evidence on the gender difference in access to extension services in Ethiopia and how this translates to observed differences in technology adoption and agricultural productivity. Our results suggest that female house-hold heads and plot managers are less likely to get extension services and are less likely to access quality services than their male counterparts. Receiving advice from development agents, as agricultural extension officers in Ethiopia are called, is strongly and positively related to adoption of improved seed and fertilizer for both female and male headed households. How-ever, visits by or advice from development agents do not significantly affect productivity, for both females and males. The re-sults highlight the need for closing the gender gap in the provision of extension services and in productivity. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1533932025-11-06T04:22:26Z Effects of extension services on technology adoption and productivity among female and male farmers: Summary of ESSP working paper 49 Ragasa, Catherine Berhane, Guush Tadesse, Fanaye Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum information farm inputs regression analysis technology adoption This study contributes new empirical evidence on the gender difference in access to extension services in Ethiopia and how this translates to observed differences in technology adoption and agricultural productivity. Our results suggest that female house-hold heads and plot managers are less likely to get extension services and are less likely to access quality services than their male counterparts. Receiving advice from development agents, as agricultural extension officers in Ethiopia are called, is strongly and positively related to adoption of improved seed and fertilizer for both female and male headed households. How-ever, visits by or advice from development agents do not significantly affect productivity, for both females and males. The re-sults highlight the need for closing the gender gap in the provision of extension services and in productivity. 2013 2024-10-01T13:56:04Z 2024-10-01T13:56:04Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153393 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopia Development Research Institute Ragasa, Catherine; Berhane, Guush; Tadesse, Fanaye; Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum 2013. Effects of extension services on technology adoption and productivity among female and male farmers: Summary of ESSP working paper 49. |
| spellingShingle | information farm inputs regression analysis technology adoption Ragasa, Catherine Berhane, Guush Tadesse, Fanaye Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum Effects of extension services on technology adoption and productivity among female and male farmers: Summary of ESSP working paper 49 |
| title | Effects of extension services on technology adoption and productivity among female and male farmers: Summary of ESSP working paper 49 |
| title_full | Effects of extension services on technology adoption and productivity among female and male farmers: Summary of ESSP working paper 49 |
| title_fullStr | Effects of extension services on technology adoption and productivity among female and male farmers: Summary of ESSP working paper 49 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of extension services on technology adoption and productivity among female and male farmers: Summary of ESSP working paper 49 |
| title_short | Effects of extension services on technology adoption and productivity among female and male farmers: Summary of ESSP working paper 49 |
| title_sort | effects of extension services on technology adoption and productivity among female and male farmers summary of essp working paper 49 |
| topic | information farm inputs regression analysis technology adoption |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153393 |
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