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The Adoption and Impacts of Improved Storage Technology Among Smallholder Farm Households in Uganda
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| 자료유형 | 학위논문 |
|---|---|
| 서명/저자사항 | The Adoption and Impacts of Improved Storage Technology Among Smallholder Farm Households in Uganda. |
| 개인저자 | Omotilewa, Oluwatoba J. |
| 단체저자명 | Purdue University. Agricultural Economics. |
| 발행사항 | [S.l.]: Purdue University., 2017. |
| 발행사항 | Ann Arbor: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017. |
| 형태사항 | 185 p. |
| 기본자료 저록 | Dissertation Abstracts International 79-10A(E). Dissertation Abstract International |
| ISBN | 9780438016934 |
| 학위논문주기 | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Purdue University, 2017. |
| 일반주기 |
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-10(E), Section: A.
Adviser: Jacob Ricker-Gilbert. |
| 요약 | This dissertation comprises of three essays that address the adoption and impacts of grain hermetic (airtight) storage bags to reduce on-farm grain storage losses in Uganda. To understand adoption of the technology and its impacts, I conducted t |
| 요약 | In essay 1, I focus on the role of information through large-scale extension efforts in the awareness and adoption of an improved storage technology---hermetic (airtight) storage bags---at the early stage in the diffusion process. Using a cluste |
| 요약 | In essay 2, I used household-level RCT to estimate if access to an improved storage technology affects smallholder households' use of modern inputs such as higher-yielding maize varieties and inorganic fertilizer. I further examined if access to |
| 요약 | In essay3, I estimate the effects of a one-time subsidy in the form of free hermetic bags on commercial market participation for the bags among smallholders. I further estimate spillover effects of this one-time subsidy on market participation o |
| 일반주제명 | Agricultural economics. |
| 언어 | 영어 |
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