We discuss recent trends in agricultural productivity in Africa and highlight how
technological progress in agriculture has stagnated on the continent. We briefly review the …

Movement of labor from agriculture to nonagriculture and the associated increase in farm
size through structural transformation are at the core of economic development. We conduct …

Technological change in production processes with gendered division of labor across tasks,
such as agriculture, can have a differential impact on women's and men's labor. Using …

Land market incompleteness is argued to have pervasive effects in Sub-Saharan Africa,
including on agricultural efficiency, equity, and structural transformation. Yet experimental …

Agricultural mechanization services (AMS) have emerged as a viable and effective solution
for hel** farmers gain access to machinery equipment in develo** countries. This study …

Many firms in develo** countries could be too small to adopt modern technology
embodied in expensive production machines. This paper shows that rental market …

We run a field experiment offering graduated microcredit clients the opportunity to finance a
business asset worth four times their usual borrowing limit. We implement this using a hire …

The study has been conducted to assess the farm mechanization level and tried to identify
the determinants. The research utilizes primary data, collected through personal interview of …

In many develo** and emerging economies, better employment opportunities in the non-
farm sector have increased rural wages due to labour shortages during the peak agricultural …

South Africa's agricultural sector, despite facing high unemployment, is acknowledged for
creating job opportunities. However, there is concern that the sector's adoption of technology …