We discuss recent trends in agricultural productivity in Africa and highlight how
technological progress in agriculture has stagnated on the continent. We briefly review the …

This article reviews the recent literature that has evaluated the effectiveness of postharvest
loss (PHL)-reducing technologies for grains among smallholder farmers and small-scale …

We investigate the effect of a modest food safety premium on semisubsistence farmers'
investment in a food safety technology. We demonstrate theoretically that in the face of …

Aflatoxin is a poisonous substance produced by a fungus, Aspergillus flavus, that occurs
naturally in soils of cultivated and non-cultivated areas. The fungus commonly produces the …

This dissertation has two essays that are focused on understanding the effects of technology
adoption decisions made by smallholder farmers who have incomplete information. The first …

Problem and significance: Threats to food safety that are unobservable to consumers are a
major challenge for agricultural markets in the developing world and sub-Saharan Africa in …