The Impact of Voucher Coupons on the Uptake of Fertilizer and Improved Seeds: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Mozambique
Article dans une revue: The use of improved seeds and fertilizer contributed to large productivity gains in many parts of the developing world over the last 50 years. And yet this green revolution largely bypassed the African continent, which, over the 1960 to 2000 period, registered the lowest yield increases of all world regions (Evenson and Gollin 2003). According to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) statistics, African farmers in 2009 used on average only 13 kilograms of fertilizer per hectare, compared with an average of 94 kilograms per hectare in other developing countries.
Auteur(s)
Michael R. Carter, Rachid Laajaj, Dean Yang
Revue
- American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Date de publication
- 2013
Mots-clés
- Mozambique
- Voucher coupons
Pages
- 1345-1351
URL de la notice HAL
Version
- 1
Volume
- 95