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Rural schools as effective hubs for agricultural technology dissemination: experimental evidence from Tanzania and Uganda

dc.contributor.authorKpaka, H.M.
dc.contributor.authorAssfaw Wossen, T.
dc.contributor.authorStein, D.
dc.contributor.authorMtunda, K.
dc.contributor.authorLaizer, L.
dc.contributor.authorFeleke, S.
dc.contributor.authorManyong, V.
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-13T15:41:49Z
dc.date.available2021-07-13T15:41:49Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationKpaka, H.M., Assfaw Wossen, T., Stein, D., Mtunda, K., Laizer, L., Feleke, S. & Manyong, V. (2021). Rural schools as effective hubs for agricultural technology dissemination: experimental evidence from Tanzania and Uganda. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 1-37.
dc.identifier.issn0165-1587
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7173
dc.description.abstractIncreasing agricultural productivity by promoting high-yielding and micronutrient-rich crop varieties has the potential to reduce poverty and malnutrition. However, getting these technologies into the hands of smallholders remains a challenge. This paper presents results from a randomised field experiment that uses rural primary schools as dissemination hubs for improved orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) vines and nutrition information in rural Tanzania and Uganda. Two years after the initial vine distribution, we find that households in treatment villages are 21 percentage points more likely to report growing OFSP and 27 percentage points more likely to correctly state the nutritional benefits of OFSP compared to those in control villages. We also find up to 16 percentage point increase in the likelihood of OFSP consumption by children under 5 years of age in treatment villages compared to that in control villages. Furthermore, we find suggestive evidence that increased knowledge on the nutritional benefits of OFSP mediated up to a third of the total treatment effect on OFSP adoption and consumption. Our findings suggest that rural primary schools can be effective channels for promoting and accelerating the diffusion of micronutrient-rich crop varieties in rural areas.
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.format.extent1-37
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAdoption
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectSchools
dc.subjectField Experiments
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectSmallholders
dc.subjectFarmers
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.subjectUganda
dc.titleRural schools as effective hubs for agricultural technology dissemination: experimental evidence from Tanzania and Uganda
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions and Markets
cg.contributor.affiliationLondon School of Economics
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationIDinsight, USA
cg.contributor.affiliationHelvetas Swiss Intercooperation, Tanzania
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidKPAKA:2021
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectCapacity Development
cg.iitasubjectKnowledge Management
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.iitasubjectMarkets
cg.iitasubjectNutrition
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.iitasubjectSocioeconomy
cg.journalEuropean Review of Agricultural Economics
cg.notesOpen Access Article; Published online: 29 Jun 2021
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbab028
cg.iitaauthor.identifierTesfamicheal Wossen Assfaw: 0000-0002-3672-2676
cg.iitaauthor.identifierShiferaw Feleke: 0000-0002-0759-4070
cg.iitaauthor.identifierVictor Manyong: 0000-0003-2477-7132
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