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Improving the speed of adoption of agricultural technologies and farm performance through farmer groups: evidence from the Great Lakes region of Africa

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Title Improving the speed of adoption of agricultural technologies and farm performance through farmer groups: evidence from the Great Lakes region of Africa
 
Creator Ainembabazi, John H.
Asten, Piet J.A. van
Vanlauwe, Bernard
Ouma, Emily A.
Blomme, Guy
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M.
Mignouna, Djana B.
Manyong, Victor M.
 
Subject FARMERS
INNOVATION ADOPTION
TECHNOLOGY
AGRICULTORES
ADOPCIÓN DE INNOVACIONES
TECNOLOGÍA
FARMERS ASSOCIATION
ASOCIACIONES DE AGRICULTORES
FARMER PARTICIPATION
PARTICIPACIÓN DE AGRICULTORES
PRODUCTIVITY
 
Description The article examines the effect of membership in farmer groups (MFG) on adoption lag of agricultural technologies and farm performance in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. We use duration and stochastic production frontier models on farm household data. We find that the longer the duration of MFG, the shorter the adoption lag and much more so if combined with extension service delivery. Farmer groups function as an important mechanism for improving farm productivity through reduced technical inefficiency in input use. We discuss the policy implications under which farmer groups are a useful channel to reduce adoption lag, and the means through which improved farm performance can be achieved.
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Date 2017-01-13T20:58:37Z
2017-01-13T20:58:37Z
2016
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Ainembabazi, John Herbert; Van Asten, Piet; Vanlauwe, Bernard; Ouma, Emily; Blomme, Guy; Birachi, Eliud Abucheli; Dontsop Nguezet, Paul Martin; Mignouna, Djana Babatima; Manyong, Victor M.. 2016. Improving the speed of adoption of agricultural technologies and farm performance through farmer groups: evidence from the Great Lakes region of Africa . Agricultural Economics 48: 1-19.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78769
 
Language en
 
Format 48: 1-19
 
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.
 
Source Agricultural Economics