Land Ownership and Technology Adoption Revisited : Improved Maize Varieties in Ethiopia

The lack of land ownership can discourage agricultural technology adoption, yet there is scarce evidence of the impact of land rental contracts on the adoption of improved crop varieties in developing countries. The current study investigates such impact using a nationally representative survey of E...

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Main Authors:	Zeng, Di, Alwang, Jeffrey, Norton, George, Jaleta, Moti, Shiferaw, Bekele, Yirga, Chilot
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	LAND TENURE LAND USE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION MAIZE IMPROVED VARIETIES LAND CONTRACT CROP VARIETY LAND RENTAL MARKET
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29443

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spelling	okr-10986-294432021-05-25T10:54:34Z Land Ownership and Technology Adoption Revisited : Improved Maize Varieties in Ethiopia Zeng, Di Alwang, Jeffrey Norton, George Jaleta, Moti Shiferaw, Bekele Yirga, Chilot LAND TENURE LAND USE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION MAIZE IMPROVED VARIETIES LAND CONTRACT CROP VARIETY LAND RENTAL MARKET The lack of land ownership can discourage agricultural technology adoption, yet there is scarce evidence of the impact of land rental contracts on the adoption of improved crop varieties in developing countries. The current study investigates such impact using a nationally representative survey of Ethiopian maize farmers. In contrast to many previous studies, we show in a simple model that cash-renters are as likely to adopt improved maize varieties as owner-operators, while sharecroppers are more likely to adopt given that such varieties are profitable. Empirical analysis reveals a significant impact of sharecropping on improved maize variety adoption, and no significant impact from cash-rental, lending support to the above hypotheses. These results imply that improvements in land rental markets can potentially enhance household welfare through crop variety adoption in agrarian economies where land sales markets are incomplete or missing. 2018-03-08T19:42:09Z 2018-03-08T19:42:09Z 2018-03 Journal Article Land Use Policy 0264-8377 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29443 CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Ethiopia
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topic	LAND TENURE LAND USE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION MAIZE IMPROVED VARIETIES LAND CONTRACT CROP VARIETY LAND RENTAL MARKET
spellingShingle	LAND TENURE LAND USE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION MAIZE IMPROVED VARIETIES LAND CONTRACT CROP VARIETY LAND RENTAL MARKET Zeng, Di Alwang, Jeffrey Norton, George Jaleta, Moti Shiferaw, Bekele Yirga, Chilot Land Ownership and Technology Adoption Revisited : Improved Maize Varieties in Ethiopia
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description	The lack of land ownership can discourage agricultural technology adoption, yet there is scarce evidence of the impact of land rental contracts on the adoption of improved crop varieties in developing countries. The current study investigates such impact using a nationally representative survey of Ethiopian maize farmers. In contrast to many previous studies, we show in a simple model that cash-renters are as likely to adopt improved maize varieties as owner-operators, while sharecroppers are more likely to adopt given that such varieties are profitable. Empirical analysis reveals a significant impact of sharecropping on improved maize variety adoption, and no significant impact from cash-rental, lending support to the above hypotheses. These results imply that improvements in land rental markets can potentially enhance household welfare through crop variety adoption in agrarian economies where land sales markets are incomplete or missing.
format	Journal Article
author	Zeng, Di Alwang, Jeffrey Norton, George Jaleta, Moti Shiferaw, Bekele Yirga, Chilot
author_facet	Zeng, Di Alwang, Jeffrey Norton, George Jaleta, Moti Shiferaw, Bekele Yirga, Chilot
author_sort	Zeng, Di
title	Land Ownership and Technology Adoption Revisited : Improved Maize Varieties in Ethiopia
title_short	Land Ownership and Technology Adoption Revisited : Improved Maize Varieties in Ethiopia
title_full	Land Ownership and Technology Adoption Revisited : Improved Maize Varieties in Ethiopia
title_fullStr	Land Ownership and Technology Adoption Revisited : Improved Maize Varieties in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed	Land Ownership and Technology Adoption Revisited : Improved Maize Varieties in Ethiopia
title_sort	land ownership and technology adoption revisited : improved maize varieties in ethiopia
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29443
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Land Ownership and Technology Adoption Revisited : Improved Maize Varieties in Ethiopia

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