The last mile(s) in modern input distribution: Evidence from northwestern Ethiopia
Increasing adoption of modern inputs remains one of the best hopes toward higher agricultural production in developing coun-tries. Based on unique data from a quasi-experimental setting in northwestern Ethiopia, this study examines the “last mile(s)”—from the input distribution center to the farmer—...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2013
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| author | Minten, Bart Koru, Bethlehem Stifel, David |
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| description | Increasing adoption of modern inputs remains one of the best hopes toward higher agricultural production in developing coun-tries. Based on unique data from a quasi-experimental setting in northwestern Ethiopia, this study examines the “last mile(s)”—from the input distribution center to the farmer—in the chemical fertilizer and improved seed distribution system. We find that increasing transaction and transportation costs over a 35 kilometer distance contribute to a significant decline in incentives for modern input adoption and lead to a reduction to one quarter in modern input use. Farmers who live about 10 km from the distribution center face per unit transaction and transportation costs as high as the costs needed to bring the ferti-lizer from the international port to the input distribution center (about 1,000 km). Tackling the “last mile” costs should thus be a priority to improve modern input adoption in the country. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1534952025-11-06T04:37:09Z The last mile(s) in modern input distribution: Evidence from northwestern Ethiopia Minten, Bart Koru, Bethlehem Stifel, David farm inputs fertilizers hybrids agricultural extension Increasing adoption of modern inputs remains one of the best hopes toward higher agricultural production in developing coun-tries. Based on unique data from a quasi-experimental setting in northwestern Ethiopia, this study examines the “last mile(s)”—from the input distribution center to the farmer—in the chemical fertilizer and improved seed distribution system. We find that increasing transaction and transportation costs over a 35 kilometer distance contribute to a significant decline in incentives for modern input adoption and lead to a reduction to one quarter in modern input use. Farmers who live about 10 km from the distribution center face per unit transaction and transportation costs as high as the costs needed to bring the ferti-lizer from the international port to the input distribution center (about 1,000 km). Tackling the “last mile” costs should thus be a priority to improve modern input adoption in the country. 2013 2024-10-01T13:56:24Z 2024-10-01T13:56:24Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153495 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ethiopian Development Research Institute Minten, Bart; Koru, Bethlehem; Stifel, David 2013. The last mile(s) in modern input distribution: Evidence from northwestern Ethiopia. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153495 |
| spellingShingle | farm inputs fertilizers hybrids agricultural extension Minten, Bart Koru, Bethlehem Stifel, David The last mile(s) in modern input distribution: Evidence from northwestern Ethiopia |
| title | The last mile(s) in modern input distribution: Evidence from northwestern Ethiopia |
| title_full | The last mile(s) in modern input distribution: Evidence from northwestern Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | The last mile(s) in modern input distribution: Evidence from northwestern Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The last mile(s) in modern input distribution: Evidence from northwestern Ethiopia |
| title_short | The last mile(s) in modern input distribution: Evidence from northwestern Ethiopia |
| title_sort | last mile s in modern input distribution evidence from northwestern ethiopia |
| topic | farm inputs fertilizers hybrids agricultural extension |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153495 |
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