Abebaw, D. and Haile, M.G. (2013) The impact of cooperatives on agricultural technology adoption: Empirical evidence from Ethiopia. Food Policy, 38. pp. 82-91.
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Abstract
Using cross-sectional data and a propensity score matching technique, this paper investigates the impact of cooperatives on adoption of agricultural technologies. Our analysis indicates that cooperative members are more likely to be male-headed households, have better access to agricultural extension services, possess oxen, participate in off-farm work, and have leadership experience. We also found that geographic location and age of household head are strongly associated with cooperative membership. Our estimation results show that cooperative membership has a strong positive impact on fertilizer adoption. The impact on adoption of pesticides turns out to be statistically significant when only agricultural cooperatives are considered. Further analysis also suggests that cooperative membership has a heterogeneous impact on fertilizer adoption among its members. The results suggest that cooperatives can play an important role in accelerating the adoption of agricultural technologies by smallholder farmers in Ethiopia.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cooperatives, Agricultural technology adoption, Impact evaluation, Ethiopia, Africa, SSA, smallholder farmers |
| Author Affiliation: | Ethiopian Economics Association/Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute, P.O. Box 34282 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Subjects: | Social Sciences > Agricultural Extension,Technology, ICT |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr Siva Shankar |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Nov 2012 07:06 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Nov 2012 07:06 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.10.003 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/8816 |
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