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    1. Agricultural Extension and Technology Adoption for Food Security: Evidence from Uganda

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Pan, Yao; Smith (author), Smith, Stephen C. (author), and Sulaiman, Munshi (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2018-04-23
    Published:
    United States: Oxford University Press, New York, New York.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 204 Document Number: D12395
    Journal Title:
    American Jounal of Agricultural Economics
    Journal Title Details:
    Online
    Notes:
    21 pages, We evaluate causal impacts of a large-scale agricultural extension program for smallholder women farmers on technology adoption and food security in Uganda through a regression discontinuity design that exploits an arbitrary distance-to-branch threshold for village program eligibility. We find eligible farmers used better basic cultivation methods, achieved improved food security. Given minimal changes in adoption of relatively expensive inputs, we attribute these gains to improved cultivation methods that require low upfront monetary investment. Farmers also modified their shock-coping methods. These results highlight the role of information and training in boosting agricultural productivity among poor farmers and, indirectly, improving food security.