Technological innovations, downside risk, and the modernization of agriculture
We use a randomized experiment in India to show that improved technology enhances agricultural productivity by crowding in modern inputs and cultivation practices. Specifically, we show that a new rice variety that reduces downside risk by providing flood tolerance has positive effects on adoption o...
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American Economic Association
2016
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| author | Emerick, Kyle de Janvry, Alain Sadoulet, Elisabeth Dar, Manzoor H. |
| author_browse | Dar, Manzoor H. Emerick, Kyle Sadoulet, Elisabeth de Janvry, Alain |
| author_facet | Emerick, Kyle de Janvry, Alain Sadoulet, Elisabeth Dar, Manzoor H. |
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| description | We use a randomized experiment in India to show that improved technology enhances agricultural productivity by crowding in modern inputs and cultivation practices. Specifically, we show that a new rice variety that reduces downside risk by providing flood tolerance has positive effects on adoption of a more labor-intensive planting method, area cultivated, fertilizer usage, and credit utilization. We find that a large share of the expected gains from the technology comes from crowding in of other investments. Therefore, improved technologies that reduce risk by protecting production in bad years have the potential to increase agricultural productivity in normal years. (JEL O13, O33, Q14, Q15, Q16) |
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| spelling | CGSpace1652522024-12-22T05:44:57Z Technological innovations, downside risk, and the modernization of agriculture Emerick, Kyle de Janvry, Alain Sadoulet, Elisabeth Dar, Manzoor H. We use a randomized experiment in India to show that improved technology enhances agricultural productivity by crowding in modern inputs and cultivation practices. Specifically, we show that a new rice variety that reduces downside risk by providing flood tolerance has positive effects on adoption of a more labor-intensive planting method, area cultivated, fertilizer usage, and credit utilization. We find that a large share of the expected gains from the technology comes from crowding in of other investments. Therefore, improved technologies that reduce risk by protecting production in bad years have the potential to increase agricultural productivity in normal years. (JEL O13, O33, Q14, Q15, Q16) 2016-06-01 2024-12-19T12:54:51Z 2024-12-19T12:54:51Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/165252 en American Economic Association Emerick, Kyle; de Janvry, Alain; Sadoulet, Elisabeth and Dar, Manzoor H. 2016. Technological innovations, downside risk, and the modernization of agriculture. American Economic Review, Volume 106 no. 6 p. 1537-1561 |
| spellingShingle | Emerick, Kyle de Janvry, Alain Sadoulet, Elisabeth Dar, Manzoor H. Technological innovations, downside risk, and the modernization of agriculture |
| title | Technological innovations, downside risk, and the modernization of agriculture |
| title_full | Technological innovations, downside risk, and the modernization of agriculture |
| title_fullStr | Technological innovations, downside risk, and the modernization of agriculture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Technological innovations, downside risk, and the modernization of agriculture |
| title_short | Technological innovations, downside risk, and the modernization of agriculture |
| title_sort | technological innovations downside risk and the modernization of agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/165252 |
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