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dc.creatorSalazar, César
dc.creatorRand, John
dc.date.issued2016-07-21
dc.identifier.issn2196-436X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11651/3240
dc.descriptionProduction risk, irrigation, technology adoption
dc.description.abstractIn most developing countries non-irrigation status often dominates adoption of traditional and modern irrigation technology. In this paper, we study the effect of production risk on irrigation technology choice among small-scale farmers in Chile, applying sample selection and discrete choice models. We find that more educated farmers, with credit access, receiving extension services, and living in communes with more adopters are more likely to use modern irrigation techniques. Moreover, production risk is often associated with adoption of traditional irrigation, and this risk often undermines a shift to more modern irrigation systems. Controlling for pre-conditions that determine irrigation choices clearly improves our understanding of small-scale farmer irrigation adoption decisions and we argue that weaker knowledge about and lower automatic diffusion of modern irrigation is a main obstacle for improving small-scale farmer productivity.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCentro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
dc.relation.ispartofLatin American Economic Review, volumen 25, número 1, julio de 2016
dc.rightsLa revista Latin American Economic Review autoriza a poner en acceso abierto de conformidad con las licencias CREATIVE COMMONS, aprobadas por el Consejo Académico Administrativo del CIDE, las cuales establecen los parámetros de difusión de las obras con fines no comerciales. Lo anterior sin perjuicio de los derechos morales que corresponden a los autores.
dc.source2196-436X
dc.titleProduction risk and adoption of irrigation technology: evidence from small-scale farmers in Chile
dc.typeArtículo
dc.accessrightsAcceso abierto
dc.recordIdentifier000003240
dc.rights.licenseCreative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND
dc.identifier.citationEn: Latin American Economic Review, volumen 25, número 1, julio de 2016
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s40503-016-0032-3
dc.identifier.urlhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40503-016-0032-3


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