The impact of access to credit and training on technological adoption: a case of the rice sector in Tanzania
2011
Y. Nakano | K. Kajisa
The imbalance between domestic production of rice and rice consumption has been growing in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Nevertheless, one possible strategy for achieving productivity improvement is to seek an Asian-style rice Green Revolution in SSA. This paper tries to investigate conditions and ways to improve rice yield in SSA, focusing particularly on the impact of access to credit and training on technological adoption. <br />Main conclusions: in order to achieve high-input and high-output farming under irrigated conditions, being credit unconstrained is important for the adoption of technologies that require cash for purchase or for implementation the provision of training alone can enhance the adoption of technologies that do not require cash very often for instance, the adoption of modern varieties requires cash for the first purchase but many farmers can rely on self-produced seed for a while in terms of improved practices, there is a positive impact of credit on the adoption of leveling and transplanting in rows this is probably because those practices are relatively labour-intensive and require cash to hire labour <br />However, the authors state that they still do not have a clear understanding of the way to effectively improve yield through the adoption of the package of Asian-style inputs and practices ─ the limitation of the cross-section analysis of this paper. <br />
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