Profitability of Fertilizer: Experimental Evidence from Female Rice Farmers in Mali
Lori G. Beaman; Dean Karlan; Bram Thuysbaert; Christopher Udry · 2013 · American Economic Review
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Abstract (excerpt)
We conducted an experiment providing fertilizer grants to female rice farmers in Mali. We found that women who received fertilizer used both more fertilizer and more complementary inputs such as herbicides and hired labor. This shows that…
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1257/aer.103.3.381