How misinformation and mismatched expectations reduce adoption of improved seeds

Often presented as game-changing solutions, agricultural technologies like improved seeds or fertilisers can lead farmers to adopt one at the expense of others, only to disadopt when the expected gains, based on overly optimistic assumptions about reduced need for complementary inputs, fail to mater...

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Main Authors: Miehe, Caroline, Nabwire, Leocardia, Sparrow, Robert, Spielman, David J., Van Campenhout, Bjorn
Format: Opinion Piece
Language:Inglés
Published: VoxDev 2025
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174790
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Summary:Often presented as game-changing solutions, agricultural technologies like improved seeds or fertilisers can lead farmers to adopt one at the expense of others, only to disadopt when the expected gains, based on overly optimistic assumptions about reduced need for complementary inputs, fail to materialise.