eVouchers can dramatically increase first-time use of improved inputs. Less than nine percent of smallholder farmers in Mozambique used improved seeds prior to the program. Among the ninety-one percent who had never used improved seeds, more than half purchased either improved seeds, fertilizer or both when offered an eVoucher. Farmers are sensitive to the price of the most productive inputs. Changing the subsidy rate for the largest eVoucher package...
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Boosting Adoption of Improved Agricultural Technologies through eVouchers
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World Bank.
Boosting Adoption of Improved Agricultural Technologies through eVouchers (English). Development Impact (DIME) Rural Policy Brief Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099062724101520221