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International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

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Objective• To provide credible and scientifically defendable evidence on the impacts of alternative input and extension service delivery systems. Tilaye Teklewold Deneke (ICARDA)y.yigezu@cgiar.orgMotivation• Low and slow adoption of agricultural technologies are frustrating researchers, policy makers and donors alike;• Ethiopia has one of the highest densities of extension agents  and one of the lowest agricultural productivities in the world;• Ineffective extension and input delivery systems take a part, if not most, of the blame.PartnersAmhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI), BOKU University, and University of Kiel.Improving the effectiveness of extension and input delivery systems for wider adoption of agricultural technologiesMain Findings• Villages in which seeds are made available in divisible quantities of 50 kg, 25 kg, and 12.5 kg packages had 10.1% higher adoption of improved varieties in the first year alone.• No significant effects of changes in extension service delivery systems in the first year. The effects are expected to manifest after the second year.Approach• Randomized control trial (RCT) involving 96 villages (Got’s).• Power analysis used to determine minimum sample size to ensure 95% confidence on estimates.Extension service deliveryDA capacity and motivationInput Supply SystemCurrent input supply New input supplyCurrent system - 3 specialized development agents (DAs) serving all 900-1000 farmers in a Kebele mainly working with model farmersCurrentControl (12 Got’s) (12 Got’s)New  (process facilitation and communication training)(12 Got’s)Only 50kg packages of seed(12 Got’s)Divisible (50kg, 25kg and 12.5kg) packages of seedNew system - 1 generalist DA serving only 300-350 farmers in a Got’ mainly working with non-model farmersCurrent (12 Got’s) (12 Got’s)New (12 Got’s) (12 Got’s)Table: Treatment effectsWe thank the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) for its financial support for this project. We would also like to thank all funders who supported this research through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund: https://www.cgiar.org/funders/Outcome• The project received unprecedented support from government officials at all levels – showing strong interest.Research Team:Asresu YitayewYigezu Atnafe YigezuTilaye Deneke TeklewoldGirma T. KassieAwudu AbdulaiAvailing different-sized seed packages enhances varietal adoption! ITT without covariates ITT with covariatesVariable Coef. P-value Coef. P-valueinput 0.112*** 0.003*** 0.115*** 0.002***(0.032) (0.032)das 0.027 0.417 0.021 0.590(0.025) (0.025)das_input 0.059** 0.106 0.059** 0.113(0.027) (0.027)demo 0.032 0.389 0.034 0.368(0.024) (0.025)dem_input 0.076*** 0.041** 0.074** 0.051*(0.029) (0.030)demo_das 0.024 0.528 0.020 0.586(0.025) (0.025)demo_das_input 0.070*** 0.054* 0.068** 0.072*(0.028) (0.028)This document is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. May 2019

Improving the effectiveness of extension and input delivery systems for wider adoption of agricultural technologies

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Improving the effectiveness of extension and input delivery systems for wider adoption of agricultural technologies

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