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    Stimulating innovations for sustainable agricultural practices among smallholder farmers: persistence of intervention matters

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    Date
    2022
    Author
    Bedi, S.M.
    Kornher, L.
    von Braun, J.
    Kotu, B.H.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    As part of the dissemination of sustainable intensification (SI) of agricultural practices in northern Ghana, farmers were conditionally induced with inputs to adopt the SI practices. We study the effects of the conditional inducement on maize yield and net income of farmers under a quasi-randomised phase-out design. We examine the effects of the inducement by comparing continuous induced farmers with past induced and non-induced farmers. Our results indicate that the conditional inducement led to an increase in the maize yield and the net income of continuously induced farmers, on average. Estimates also suggest that the continuously induced farmers would have had their maize yields and net incomes decreased by about 64 per cent and 54 per cent, respectively if the inducement had been discontinued. Distributional analysis reveals that the inducement effects are heterogeneous and that past inducement impacted more on the maize yield and the net income of farmers at the lower quantiles. We conclude that appropriate conditional inducement can stimulate farmers’ adoption. Besides, the duration of intervention matters and must not be overlooked in interventions that necessitate gaining experience and learning.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2022.2043283
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7620
    IITA Authors ORCID
    Bekele Hundie Kotuhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5788-6461
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2022.2043283
    Research Themes
    Social Science and Agribusiness
    IITA Subjects
    Agribusiness; Agronomy; Food Security; Maize; Plant Breeding; Plant Production; Smallholder Farmers
    Agrovoc Terms
    Adoption; Sustainable Intensification; Maize; Ghana; Smallholders; Farmers
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Ghana
    Hubs
    Headquarters and Western Africa Hub
    Journals
    Journal of Development Studies
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