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100			_aCampenhout, Bjorn Van _930023
245			_aThe role of information in agricultural technology adoption: Experimental evidence from rice farmers in Uganda
260			_aEconomic Development and Cultural Change
300			_a69(3), Apr, 2021: p.1239-1272
520			_aOptimal decision-making among the poor is often hampered by insufficient knowledge, false beliefs, or wrong perceptions. This paper investigates the role of information in the decision to use modern inputs and adopt recommended agronomic practices among rice farmers in Uganda. Using field experiments, I tested whether the provision of technical information about the correct use of modern inputs and practices affects adoption of these technologies and subsequent rice production. In addition, I assessed whether providing information aimed at changing the perception of the expected returns on such intensification investments led to different outcomes. In both experiments, the treatments took the form of short agricultural extension information videos shown to individual farmers using tablet computers. I found that both interventions resulted in increased intensification of rice cultivation but only after accounting for the possibility of interference between farmers. These results confirm the importance of peer effects in increasing the effectiveness of information for technology adoption. – Reproduced
650			_aAgricultural technology, Rice farmers, Uganda _930024
773			_aEconomic Development and Cultural Change
906			_aAGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
942			_cAR