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

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dc.creatorHill, Ruth
dc.creatorMejia-Mantilla, Carolina
dc.creatorVasilaky, Kathryn
dc.date2018-11-01T18:43:59Z
dc.date2018-11-01T18:43:59Z
dc.date2018-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:42:09Z
dc.descriptionThis 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 suggest that the returns to fertilizer are positive across the entire price range for beans, maize, and matooke and positive for the top 75 percent of prices for coffee. Commonly available improved seed varieties for maize and beans increase gains by 32 percent on average. However, accounting for the quality of the inputs available to farmers in the market, the sizable positive returns become negative for most of the price distribution, possibly explaining the low adoption of inputs in Uganda. The paper also examines the impact of other factors that could affect input adoption, by using a relatively long panel data set spanning 12 years. The analysis finds evidence that enhanced access to economic markets and past weather conditions have small effects on input use, and positive correlations between the use of extension services and knowledge and input use.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/726321540832524595/Vanishing-Returns-Potential-Returns-and-Constraints-to-Input-Adoption-among-Smallholder-Farmers-in-Uganda
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/30647
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-8627
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/409475
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8627
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INPUTS
dc.subjectFARM INPUTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL FINANCE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
dc.subjectFERTILIZER
dc.subjectHYBRID SEEDS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.titleVanishing Returns? Potential Returns and Constraints to Input Adoption among Smallholder Farmers in Uganda
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

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