TY  - RPRT
AV  - public
N2  - 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.
UR  - http://oar.icrisat.org/9092/
Y1  - 2015/03//
EP  - 38
PB  - JICA Research Institute
TI  - 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
ID  - icrisat9092
A1  - Nakano, Y
A1  - Tsusaka, T W
A1  - Aida, T
A1  - Pede, V O
KW  - Technology adoption
KW  -  Agricultural training
KW  -  Social learning
KW  -  Rice
KW  -  Sub-Saharan Africa
T3  - JICA RI Working Paper
CY  - Tokyo
M1  - working_paper
VL  - No. 90
ER  -