Adoption of Water-Saving Infrastructure in Agriculture: The Case of Laser Levelers
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چکیده
Water saving agricultural technologies are a potentially important but under utilized lever to conserve groundwater in India. Technologies like laser levelers have high private returns and lead to water savings, yet the adoption rates are not very high. In order to provide insight for the design of policies to promote adoption, we conducted a survey based study about factors that influence the use of laser levelers, with an emphasis on barriers to adoption. This article presents the results of our investigation and documents future directions for research and evaluation to inform policy. JEL classification: O10, O13, Q54
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