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Agricultural Mechanization and South-South Knowledge Exchange: What can Ethiopian and Kenyan policymakers learn from Bangladesh’s experience?

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  • Animaw, Addisu Tadege
  • Nkanya, Jasper Alfred Mutegi
  • Nyakiba, John Mogaka
  • Woldemariam, Tamiru Habte

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Bangladesh recently has experienced fast growth in agricultural mechanization, with the share of area cultivated by tractors and power tillers increasing from 30 percent in the mid-1990s to 95 percent in 2015, with power tillers being used on three-quarters of the mechanically cultivated area. Moreover, agricultural machinery is not only used on large farms in Bangladesh, but has spread among smallholder farmers that own an average of 0.5 hectares (ha) of cropland. This rapid growth in agricultural mechanization has primarily relied on imported machines rather than domestic manufacture.

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  • Animaw, Addisu Tadege & Nkanya, Jasper Alfred Mutegi & Nyakiba, John Mogaka & Woldemariam, Tamiru Habte, 2016. "Agricultural Mechanization and South-South Knowledge Exchange: What can Ethiopian and Kenyan policymakers learn from Bangladesh’s experience?," Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs 259803, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:miffpb:259803
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.259803
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    1. Takeshima, Hiroyuki, 2017. "Overview of the evolution of agricultural mechanization in Nepal: A focus on tractors and combine harvesters," IFPRI discussion papers 1662, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

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