Private Input Suppliers as Information Agents for Technology Adoption in Agriculture

Manzoor H. Dar, Alain de Janvry (), Kyle Emerick (), Elisabeth Sadoulet () and Eleanor Wiseman

Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series from Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

Abstract: Information frictions limit the adoption of new agricultural technologies in developingcountries. Most public-sector interventions to eliminate these frictions target information directly at select farmers. We show that an information intervention targeted at private input suppliers increases farmer-level adoption by over 50 percent compared to this public-sector approach. These newly informed suppliers become more proactive in carrying the new variety, informing potential customers, and in increasing adoption by those most likely to benefit from the technology. They do so in along-term perspective of reputation building and business development.

Keywords: Social and Behavioral Sciences; Technology Adoption; Agriculture; Privatization; Learning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-02-08
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