Vanishing Returns? Potential Returns and Constraints to Input Adoption among Smallholder Farmers in Uganda
This 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 su...
Main Authors: | Hill, Ruth, Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina, Vasilaky, Kathryn |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/726321540832524595/Vanishing-Returns-Potential-Returns-and-Constraints-to-Input-Adoption-among-Smallholder-Farmers-in-Uganda http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30647 |
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