Agriculture

Behavioral interventions in informal seed systems to nudge sustainable demand for quality seed of sweetpotato

Submitted by Jane Nyawira Maina on
EfD Authors:
Mulwa, Chalmers

Abstract

Context: The introduction of quality-certified seed (QCS) in the informal farmer network-based seed systems, which have largely relied on informal signals of quality, represents a promising innovation towards integrated seed sector development, combining formal and informal sector elements. At the same time, behavioral nudges have emerged as potentially powerful ways to encourage the uptake of innovations among smallholder farmers in developing countries.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture

Comparing greenhouse gas emission and the social costs of paddy production with and without laser land leveling adoption: a case study of paddy mono-cropping system in Vietnam

Submitted by Meseret Birhan… on
EfD Authors:
Loan, Le Thanh

Abstract

In this study, we aim to estimate the causal effects of LLL on input usage and yield and use the results on treatment effect as inputs for the incremental cost benefit analysis in paddy production in the Mekong Delta region, Vietnam. The findings affirm the economic feasibility of the LLL technique, as indicated by both private and social analyses.

EfD Discussion Paper
Agriculture, Experiments

Laser land leveling technique for paddy mono-cropping system in Vietnam: Addressing land fragmentation, demand heterogeneity, and productivity

Submitted by Meseret Birhan… on
EfD Authors:
Loan, Le Thanh

PurposeThe study investigates determinants of willingness to pay (WTP) for laser land leveling (LLL) technology, its demand heterogeneity across individual farmers and plot characteristics and the technology's empirical impact on paddy productivity.Design/methodology/approachThe study applies the Becker-DeGroote, Marschak style to elicit the WTP for LLL technology and the Cragg model to examine the determinants of the WTP to capture both the demand decision and affordability.

EfD Discussion Paper
Agriculture, Experiments, Land
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