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The impact of demonstration plots on improved agricultural input purchase in Tanzania: Implications for policy and practice

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Title The impact of demonstration plots on improved agricultural input purchase in Tanzania: Implications for policy and practice
 
Creator Sseguya, H.
Robinson, D.S.
Mwango, H.R.
Flock, J.A.
Manda, J.
Abed, R.
Mruma, S.O.
 
Subject agricultural workers
livestock
agriculture
farming systems
intensification
 
Description In this paper, the authors use survey data from over 800 households to examine the impact of demonstration plots and associated activities (distribution of small packs of agricultural inputs) on smallholder farmers’ decisions to buy agricultural inputs in Tanzania. Using propensity score matching and inverse probability-weighted adjustment models, the authors estimated the effect of access to demonstration plots alone and demonstration plots combined with small packs of agricultural inputs on a household’s decision to purchase improved inputs. The results indicate that access to demonstration plots and demonstration plots with small packs increased the probability of purchasing improved inputs by 13–17 percentage points. This paper suggests that demonstration plots and demonstration plots with small packs are an effective model for enhancing improved technology adoption and are further increased when those inputs are available within a 5km radius. The results point to the importance of strengthening farmers’ organizations and last-mile agricultural input suppliers in order to enhance and facilitate access to information, appropriate production techniques, and improved inputs. The results also indicate the importance of investing in infrastructure to reduce transportation costs that limit market efficiency for appropriate technologies.
 
Date 2021-01-15
2021-02-11T18:32:01Z
2021-02-11T18:32:01Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Sseguya, H., Robinson, D.S., Mwango, H.R., Flock, J.A., Manda, J., Abed, R. and Mruma, S.O. 2021. The impact of demonstration plots on improved agricultural input purchase in Tanzania: Implications for policy and practice. PLOS ONE 16(1):e0243896.
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https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111261
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243896
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
SOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRICUSINESS
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Public Library of Science
 
Source PLOS ONE