Estimating the Productivity Impacts of Technology Adoption in the Presence of Misclassification
This article examines the impact that misreporting adoption status has on the identification and estimation of causal effects on productivity.
Project: TLII, TLIII
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Genomics, genetics and breeding of tropical legumes for better livelihoods of smallholder farmers
A review of a decade of significant research and development work on important grain legumes through collaborative bilateral and multilateral projects as well as the CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes.
Project: TLII, TLIII
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Innovative partnership in chickpea seed production and technology dissemination: A decade of lessons in Ethiopia
A study evaluating the benefits of 10 years of partnerships in chickpea technology and seed systems in Ethiopia, which complemented farmers’ participatory variety selection with the establishment and technical backstopping of seed producer associations.
Project: TLIII
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Welfare impacts of improved chickpea adoption: A pathway for rural development in Ethiopia?
An analysis of the impact of improved chickpea in Ethiopia using three rounds of panel data: estimating determinants of adoption; estimating impact on household income and poverty; and disaggregating results by landholding.
Project: TLII
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Innovative Chickpea Seed and Technology Delivery Systems in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA)
Poster presenting progress under TLIII to develop chickpea seed systems and boost varietal adoption in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania.
Project: TLIII
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Farm level adoption and spatial diffusion of improved common bean varieties in Southern Highlands of Tanzania
The findings of this research show that improved common bean varieties have extensively diffused in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, with new improved bean varieties replacing old ones.
Project: TLIII
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Changing Landscapes, Changing Lives: Following the Chickpea Value Chain in Ethiopia
Brief overview of recent developments in chickpea production in Ethiopia. Reports on farmers’ shift, within a five-year period, to chickpea production in response to global market demands.
Project: TLII
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Groundnut Baseline and Early-Adoption Surveys in South Asia: Insights from TL-II (Phase-1)
Synthesis report on ICRISAT’s efforts during a short period of three years (2007–2010) in the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for groundnut crop improvement in India, using farmer participatory variety selection.
Project: TLII
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Changing Landscapes, Changing Lives: Following the Chickpea Value Chain in Ethiopia
Brief overview of recent developments in chickpea production in Ethiopia. Reports on farmers’ shift, within a five-year period, to chickpea production in response to global market demands.
Project: TLII
File type: PDF (4.67 MB)
Chickpea Baseline and Early Adoption Surveys in South Asia: Insights from TL-II (Phase-I) Project – Synthesis Report
Report documenting the rapid strides made between 2007 and 2010 in taking new chickpea varieties to Central and South Indian farmers through farmer preferred varietal selection followed by the production and supply of seeds.
Project: TLII
File type: PDF (1.36 MB)