Publication Poster

The Role of Financial Incentives in Technology Adoption

Evidence from a Framed Experiment in Northern Ghana

During the Status Seminar 2025 on Sustainable Land Management in Sub-Sahara Africa, held in Accra, Ghana, researchers gathered to exchange ideas and showcase ongoing work. As part of the seminar, a series of posters were created to present key insights and current progress.

Contributors: Javier Miranda
Published: 29th July 2025

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Smallholder farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa face mounting challenges from erratic rainfall, land degradation, and limited access to resources, which threatens food security and rural livelihoods. This poster presents the results of a framed field experiment in mixed cereal agricultural systems in Northern Ghana, where farmers chose between traditional and drought tolerant maize seeds under varying cost and insurance scenarios.

The authors of this poster are Javier Miranda, Dominik Suri, Vanessa Berghoff, Philipp Feisthauer, Jan Börner, Daniel Hermann