relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/9092/
title: An Empirical Analysis of Expanding Rice Production in Sub-Sahara Africa, The Impact of Training on Technology Adoption and Productivity of Rice Farming in Tanzania: Is Farmer-to-Farmer Extension Effective
creator: Nakano, Y
creator: Tsusaka, T W
creator: Aida, T
creator: Pede, V O
subject: Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
description: How far can new technologies taught to a small number of selected farmers diffuse to other farmers in a village? In order to answer this question, this paper investigates the impact of JICA training on the adoption of rice cultivation technologies and productivity in an irrigation scheme in Tanzania. By using a unique five-year panel data set and spatial econometric techniques, we found that non-trained farmers learned new technologies from trained farmers through social networks and by observing their plots. As a result, the paddy yield of directly trained farmers increased from 3.1 tons per hectare in 2008 to 4.7 tons per hectare in 2012, while that of non-trained farmers increased from around 2.6 tons per hectare in 2008 to 3.7 tons per hectare in 2012.
publisher: JICA Research Institute
date: 2015-03
type: Monograph
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/9092/1/JICA-RI_WP_No.90.pdf
identifier:   Nakano, Y and Tsusaka, T W and Aida, T and Pede, V O  (2015) An Empirical Analysis of Expanding Rice Production in Sub-Sahara Africa, The Impact of Training on Technology Adoption and Productivity of Rice Farming in Tanzania: Is Farmer-to-Farmer Extension Effective.  Working Paper. JICA Research Institute, Tokyo.     
relation: No. 90