Technology Transfer and Agricultural Mechanization in Tanzania : Institutional Adjustments to Accommodate Emerging Economy Innovations

Recent economic growth in Tanzania has been biased towards industry and services, denying farmers potential distributional benefits. Correcting this anomaly requires in part appropriate technologies to raise agricultural productivity. Attempts to either develop local tools or import advanced country...

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Main Author:	Agyei-Holmes, Andrew
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2016
Subjects:	mechanization technology transfer emerging economies agricultural productivity tractors technology diffusion
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25327

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spelling	okr-10986-253272021-05-25T10:54:45Z Technology Transfer and Agricultural Mechanization in Tanzania : Institutional Adjustments to Accommodate Emerging Economy Innovations Agyei-Holmes, Andrew mechanization technology transfer emerging economies agricultural productivity tractors technology diffusion Recent economic growth in Tanzania has been biased towards industry and services, denying farmers potential distributional benefits. Correcting this anomaly requires in part appropriate technologies to raise agricultural productivity. Attempts to either develop local tools or import advanced country technologies had limited benefits. Recent studies suggest that for poor producers in Tanzania, mechanization technologies from emerging economies are more appropriate in relation to their production characteristics. However, being locked-in advanced country technologies means both market and non-market institutions responsible for mechanization technology transfer in Tanzania have evolved to suite machines from the EU, Japan and USA. To accommodate the new market dynamic, where attention is shifting to emerging economies, modifications to the current technology transfer infrastructure are required. Using firm, farm and government level data on importation, distribution, usage and maintenance of tractors in Tanzania, this paper argues that the potential benefits of emerging economy tractors can be greatly enhanced if calculated attempts are made to modify the existing technology transfer and diffusion process. 2016-11-02T22:30:56Z 2016-11-02T22:30:56Z 2016-07-19 Journal Article Innovation and Development 2157-930X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25327 en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Tanzania
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description	Recent economic growth in Tanzania has been biased towards industry and services, denying farmers potential distributional benefits. Correcting this anomaly requires in part appropriate technologies to raise agricultural productivity. Attempts to either develop local tools or import advanced country technologies had limited benefits. Recent studies suggest that for poor producers in Tanzania, mechanization technologies from emerging economies are more appropriate in relation to their production characteristics. However, being locked-in advanced country technologies means both market and non-market institutions responsible for mechanization technology transfer in Tanzania have evolved to suite machines from the EU, Japan and USA. To accommodate the new market dynamic, where attention is shifting to emerging economies, modifications to the current technology transfer infrastructure are required. Using firm, farm and government level data on importation, distribution, usage and maintenance of tractors in Tanzania, this paper argues that the potential benefits of emerging economy tractors can be greatly enhanced if calculated attempts are made to modify the existing technology transfer and diffusion process.
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author	Agyei-Holmes, Andrew
author_facet	Agyei-Holmes, Andrew
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title	Technology Transfer and Agricultural Mechanization in Tanzania : Institutional Adjustments to Accommodate Emerging Economy Innovations
title_short	Technology Transfer and Agricultural Mechanization in Tanzania : Institutional Adjustments to Accommodate Emerging Economy Innovations
title_full	Technology Transfer and Agricultural Mechanization in Tanzania : Institutional Adjustments to Accommodate Emerging Economy Innovations
title_fullStr	Technology Transfer and Agricultural Mechanization in Tanzania : Institutional Adjustments to Accommodate Emerging Economy Innovations
title_full_unstemmed	Technology Transfer and Agricultural Mechanization in Tanzania : Institutional Adjustments to Accommodate Emerging Economy Innovations
title_sort	technology transfer and agricultural mechanization in tanzania : institutional adjustments to accommodate emerging economy innovations
publisher	Taylor and Francis
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Technology Transfer and Agricultural Mechanization in Tanzania : Institutional Adjustments to Accommodate Emerging Economy Innovations

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