<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>32</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phillips, Jonathan</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Groom, Benjamin</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NERICAs: Leading the African Green Revolution? A Comparative Econometric Study of the Barriers to Adoption of New Rice Crops (NERICAs) in West Africa</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">School of Oriental and African Studies</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">University of London</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">London</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;If NERICAs are to fulfil expectations of catalysing a Green Revolution in Africa, understanding their potential for diffusion and the barriers to adoption is critical. Applying program evaluation techniques to two datasets for Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria I derive estimates of current and long-run adoption rates that confirm NERICAs have potential coverage comparable to other innovations in historic Green Revolutions. Achieving this potential requires a better understanding of the distinct dynamics of awareness and adoption. By identifying the barriers to each I show that there are ‘quick wins’ for intervention that can boost NERICA adoption. More generally, adoption depends on both social learning and structural constraints. The analysis also clarifies a number of methodological issues and suggests non-parametric estimators may be more reliable than their parametric counterparts in studies of new technology adoption.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MSc Thesis</style></work-type></record></records></xml>