Assessing the speed of improved postharvest technology adoption in Tanzania: the role of social learning and agricultural extension services

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Resources Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.crpGrain Legumes
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierJulius Manda: 0000-0002-9599-5906
cg.creator.identifierShiferaw Feleke: 0000-0002-0759-4070
cg.creator.identifierChristopher Mutungi: 0000-0002-7876-1569
cg.creator.identifierAdane Tufa: 0000-0001-9801-6526
cg.creator.identifierMateete Bekunda: 0000-0001-7297-9383
cg.creator.identifierTahirou Abdoulaye: 0000-0002-8072-1363
cg.creator.identifierArega Alene: 0000-0002-2491-4603
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123306en
cg.identifier.iitathemeNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
cg.identifier.iitathemeSOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRICUSINESS
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0040-1625en
cg.issue123306en
cg.journalTechnological Forecasting & Social Changeen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.iitaAGRONOMYen
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.iitaMAIZEen
cg.subject.iitaNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.impactPlatformNutrition, Health and Food Security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume202en
dc.contributor.authorManda, J.en
dc.contributor.authorFeleke, S.en
dc.contributor.authorMutungi, C.en
dc.contributor.authorTufa, A.H.en
dc.contributor.authorMateete, B.en
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, T.en
dc.contributor.authorAlene, A.D.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-18T10:26:20Zen
dc.date.available2024-03-18T10:26:20Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140478
dc.titleAssessing the speed of improved postharvest technology adoption in Tanzania: the role of social learning and agricultural extension servicesen
dcterms.abstractThe Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bag is often associated with preventing grain damage from insect infestation, reducing aflatoxin accumulation in stored grain, and avoiding exposure to hazardous storage chemicals. However, limited knowledge is available on the information channels driving the adoption of the technology. Using data from 429 households, this study examines the impacts of social learning and extension services on the speed of adoption of PICS bags in Tanzania. We utilized the doubly robust multivalued inverse probability weighted regression (MIPWRA) model to estimate the impact and the Laplace regression model to evaluate the heterogeneous effects of the two information channels. The impact results indicate that social learning and extension services reduce the time to adopt PICS bags by 51 % and 49 %, respectively. Moreover, the speed at which farmers adopted the technology was faster when using the two information channels jointly (61 %) than individually. The Laplace regression model results show that the marginal impacts of the two channels are higher for the households in the upper quantiles of the distribution, compared to the lower quantiles representing the early adopters. Designing policies that account for different adopter groups (innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards) is therefore essential.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2024-03-12
dcterms.bibliographicCitationManda, J., Feleke, S., Mutungi, C., Tufa, A.H., Mateete, B., Abdoulaye, T. & Alene, A.D. (2024). Assessing the speed of improved postharvest technology adoption in Tanzania: the role of social learning and agricultural extension services. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 202: 123306, 1-14.en
dcterms.descriptionOpen Access Articleen
dcterms.extent1-14en
dcterms.issued2024
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectpostharvest technologyen
dcterms.subjectSocial learningen
dcterms.subjectTanzaniaen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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