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    1. Determinants of soil conservation technologies among small-scale farmers in Tanzania: evidence from national panel survey

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Lasway, Jovin Aveline (author), Temba, George Raphael (author), and Ruhinduka, Remidius Denis (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2020
    Published:
    International
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11323
    Journal Title:
    African Journal of Economic Review
    Journal Title Details:
    8(1) : 89-105
    Notes:
    An analysis of secondary data from the National Panel Survey in Tanzania revealed physical, socioeconomic, and institutional factors influencing the adoption of soil conservation technologies among small-scale maize farmers. Findings revealed, for example, only 13.9 percent of those had adopted soil conservation technology. This was cited as small, compared with other countries.

    2. Networks, incentives and technology adoption: evidence from a randomised experiment in Uganda

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia (author) and Melesse, Mequanint B (author)
    Format:
    journal articles
    Publication Date:
    2020-04-20
    Published:
    England: Oxford University Press
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 205 Document Number: D12736
    Journal Title:
    European Review of Agricultural Economics
    Journal Title Details:
    V. 47, N. 5
    Notes:
    35 pages, We use data from a randomised experiment in Uganda to examine effects of incentives on the decision to adopt drought-tolerant maize varieties (DTMVs) and mechanisms through which effects occur. We find that social recognition (SR) incentives to a random subset of trained farmers – disseminating farmers (DFs) – increase knowledge transmission from DFs to their co-villagers and change information networks of both DFs and their neighbours. SR also increases DFs’ likelihood of adopting DTMVs. However, the corresponding results for private material rewards are not conclusively strong. We find no evidence that incentives for knowledge diffusion increase the likelihood of co-villagers adopting DTMVs