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Impact of agricultural innovation adoption: a meta-analysis

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  • Ogundari, Kolawole
  • Bolarinwa, Olufemi D.

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The impacts of adopting agricultural innovation and technology are widely examined. This paper synthesises 154 studies, which yielded a total of 600 estimates of the impact of adopting agricultural innovation and technology on production, social and economic outcomes. Using meta-regression analysis, the empirical results show that the reported impact of adopting agricultural innovation and technology rises significantly over time, notwithstanding a significant publication bias. Whether studies find significant impacts of adopting agricultural innovation and technology depends on the use of experimental research designs, parametric method, endogenous switching regression and region. Our results show a large bias in the literature towards agricultural innovations and technologies that focus on high-yielding varieties and thus, neglect other forms of complementary innovations and technologies.

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  • Ogundari, Kolawole & Bolarinwa, Olufemi D., 2018. "Impact of agricultural innovation adoption: a meta-analysis," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 62(2), April.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aareaj:313582
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313582
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