Information and regulation for technology adoption: lessons from Uganda

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dc.creatorGilligan, Daniel O.
dc.creatorKarachiwalla, Naureen
dc.date2021-12-31
dc.date2024-05-22T12:15:26Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:15:26Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:08:17Z
dc.descriptionKey Messages - Adoption of productivity-enhancing agricultural technology is low, partly because many of these products are of low-quality and because farmers cannot distinguish between high- and low-quality products. Consequently, farmers do not purchase the products and high-quality producers exit markets. - Governments and/or private regulators can create opportunities for farmers to learn about product quality and increase adoption. One option is a product assurance scheme that provides information to farmers about the quality of the product they purchase. - An example comes from the Uganda National Bureau of Standards, which created a product assurance scheme called Kakasa. The scheme led to large increases in the adoption of both glyphosate herbicide and hybrid maize seed, which both participated in the scheme. - Policymakers should consider providing information to farmers about the quality of agricultural inputs. This can be done without a complicated system of testing, and product assurance can generate sustained increases in adoption and become selfsustaining over time when companies contribute to the scheme.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143594
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95668
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceGilligan, Daniel O.; and Karachiwalla, Naureen. 2021. Information and regulation for technology adoption: lessons from Uganda. IFPRI Project December 2021. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134925. https://beamexchange.org/resources/1460/
dc.subjecttechnology adoption
dc.subjectagricultural technology
dc.subjectpolicies
dc.subjecttechnology
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.titleInformation and regulation for technology adoption: lessons from Uganda
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