This paper estimates the profitability of fertilizer and hybrid seeds in Uganda, using agronomic evidence on the yield returns to inputs from experimental fields, as well as output price data from local markets between 2000 and 2012. The results suggest that the returns to fertilizer are positive across the entire price range for beans, maize, and matooke and positive for the top 75 percent of prices for coffee. Commonly available improved seed varieties...
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2018/10/29
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS8627
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2018/10/29
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Disclosed
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Vanishing Returns? Potential Returns and Constraints to Input Adoption among Smallholder Farmers in Uganda
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farmer