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Apparent gains, hidden costs: examining adoption drivers, yield, and profitability outcomes of rotavator tillage in wheat systems in Nepal
(Wiley, 2020)
The ‘high speed’ rotavator is used for shallow tillage to create a fine tilth and incorporate crop residues, often with a single tractor pass. Rotavator tillage has spread quickly in many parts of South Asia, despite ...
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Land ownership and technology adoption revisited: improved maize varieties in Ethiopia
(Elsevier, 2018)
The lack of land ownership can discourage agricultural technology adoption, yet there is scarce evidence of the impact of land rental contracts on the adoption of improved crop varieties in developing countries. The current ...
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Scale-appropriate mechanization impacts on productivity among smallholders: evidence from rice systems in the mid-hills of Nepal
(Elsevier, 2019)
Smallholder farmers in the mid-hills of Nepal are facing an acute labor shortage due to out-migration which, in general, has affected the capacity to achieve timely crop establishment, harvest, and inter-cultural operations. ...
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Adoption and Impact of the Selected CA Technologies
(CIMMYT, 2018)
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Impact of agricultural extension services on technology adoption and crops yield: empirical evidence from Pakistan
(Asian Economic and Social Society, 2013)
The present study was carried out in the rice-wheat area of Pakistani Punjab. The data for the study was collected from three main districts of central Punjab Province i.e. Gujranwala, Sheikhupura and Hafizabad. In total ...
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Pathways from research on improved staple crop germplasm to poverty reduction for smallholder farmers
(Elsevier, 2019)
Innovations to improve staple crop germplasm can reduce poverty and otherwise improve farmer livelihoods through complex and multiple pathways. This paper reviews the evidence for one prominent pathway—through increased ...
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Can agricultural input subsidies reduce the gender gap in modern maize adoption? Evidence from Malawi
(Elsevier, 2014)
Nationally representative data for Malawi were used to measure the gender gap in adoption of modern maize and to investigate how, if at all, Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) has impacted the gap. Regression results ...