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  • 2020Journal Article Research Paper
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","jby049"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","European Review of Agricultural Economics"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","24"],["dc.contributor.author","Ogutu, Sylvester Ochieng"],["dc.contributor.author","Fongar, Andrea"],["dc.contributor.author","Gödecke, Theda"],["dc.contributor.author","Jäckering, Lisa"],["dc.contributor.author","Mwololo, Henry"],["dc.contributor.author","Njuguna, Michael"],["dc.contributor.author","Wollni, Meike"],["dc.contributor.author","Qaim, Matin"],["dc.date.accessioned","2019-07-31T09:50:27Z"],["dc.date.available","2019-07-31T09:50:27Z"],["dc.date.issued","2020"],["dc.description.abstract","We analyse how agricultural extension can be made more effective in terms of increasing farmers’ adoption of pro-nutrition technologies, such as biofortified crops. In a randomised controlled trial with farmers in Kenya, we implemented several extension treatments and evaluated their effects on the adoption of beans biofortified with iron and zinc. Difference-in-difference estimates show that intensive agricultural training can increase technology adoption considerably. Additional nutrition training helps farmers to better appreciate the technology’s nutritional benefits and thus further increases adoption. This study is among the first to analyse how improved extension designs can help to make smallholder farming more nutrition-sensitive."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1093/erae/jby049"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/16314"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/62234"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","0165-1587"],["dc.relation.issn","1464-3618"],["dc.relation.orgunit","Department für Agrarökonomie und Rurale Entwicklung"],["dc.rights","CC BY-NC 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0"],["dc.title","How to make farming and agricultural extension more nutrition-sensitive: evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Kenya"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.subtype","original_ja"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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  • 2021Journal Article
    [["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1007"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","4"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","European Review of Agricultural Economics"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1030"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","48"],["dc.contributor.author","Jäckering, Lisa"],["dc.contributor.author","Meemken, Eva-Marie"],["dc.contributor.author","Sellare, Jorge"],["dc.contributor.author","Qaim, Matin"],["dc.date.accessioned","2022-04-01T10:02:50Z"],["dc.date.available","2022-04-01T10:02:50Z"],["dc.date.issued","2021"],["dc.description.abstract","Abstract Written employment contracts may improve the conditions of agricultural workers in developing countries, but farmers as employers often prefer less formal oral arrangements. We evaluate whether farmers’ preferences, which are deeply rooted in traditional norms, can be influenced through a group awareness campaign. In a randomised experiment in Côte d’Ivoire, we show that such a campaign increases farmers’ preferences for written contracts and for contract features involving social benefits for workers. The campaign also increases farmers’ likelihood to initiate concrete steps towards signing a contract with their workers. We conclude that group-based interventions can change farmers’ traditional views about employment relations."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1093/erae/jbaa035"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/106016"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI-Import GROB-530"],["dc.relation.eissn","1464-3618"],["dc.relation.issn","0165-1587"],["dc.title","Promoting written employment contracts: evidence from a randomised awareness campaign"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]
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