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Harnessing ICT to Increase Agricultural Production: Evidence From Kenya

Working Paper
Published on 23 September 2019
Authors
Lorenzo Casaburi , Michael Kremer , Sendhil Mullainathan , Ravindra Ramrattan

Abstract

Sending SMS messages with agricultural advice to smallholder farmers increased yields by 11.5% relative to a control group with no messages. These effects are concentrated among farmers who had no agronomy training and had little interaction with sugar cane company staff at baseline. A follow-up trial of the same intervention has, however, no significant impact on yields.

Authors

Lorenzo Casaburi

University of Zurich

Michael Kremer

University of Chicago

Sendhil Mullainathan

University of Chicago

Ravindra Ramrattan

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