Vanishing Returns? Potential Returns and Constraints to Input Adoption among Smallholder Farmers in Uganda

Vanishing Returns? Potential Returns and Constraints to Input Adoption among Smallholder Farmers in Uganda

This paper estimates the profitability of fertilizer and hybrid seeds in Uganda, using agronomic evidence on the yield returns to inputs from experimental fields, as well as output price data from local markets between 2000 and 2012. The results su...

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Main Authors: Hill, Ruth, Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina, Vasilaky, Kathryn
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL INPUTS
FARM INPUTS
AGRICULTURAL FINANCE
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
FERTILIZER
HYBRID SEEDS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/726321540832524595/Vanishing-Returns-Potential-Returns-and-Constraints-to-Input-Adoption-among-Smallholder-Farmers-in-Uganda
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30647

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/726321540832524595/Vanishing-Returns-Potential-Returns-and-Constraints-to-Input-Adoption-among-Smallholder-Farmers-in-Uganda
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30647

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