'Mobile'izing Agricultural Advice: Technology Adoption, Diffusion, and Sustainability
The Economic Journal, Vol. 131, Issue 633, Jan. 2021, pp. 192–219
Abstract
A two-year evaluation of a voice-based ICT advisory service for cotton and cumin farmers in India finds that farmers substantially change their sources of information and consistently adopt inputs recommended by the service, raising cumin yields by 28 percent and cotton yields by 8.6 percent for a sub-group that received reminders, though overall yield gains remain unclear.
See also
- Working Paper Agricultural Extension, Technology Adoption, and Information Spillovers: Evidence from a Cluster Randomized Experiment
- Paper Seeking Treatment: The Impact of Mobile Extension on Information Exchange among Farmers
- Paper Field Comparisons of Incentive-Compatible Preference Elicitation Techniques