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Agricultural mechanization and south-south knowledge exchange: What can Ethiopian and Kenyan policymakers learn from Bangladesh’s experience?

While Bangladesh is more advanced in terms of agricultural mechanization, Ethiopia and Kenya can repeat the same success. Indeed, Ethiopia is one step ahead of Bangladesh in that it has developed an agricultural mechanization strategy – something Bangladesh has not done. This strategy is now being used to address the bottlenecks limiting the development of the agricultural machinery sub-sector at all points of the value chain. If their agricultural mechanization strategies are developed wisely, drawing on lessons learned from the experiences of Bangladesh and other countries, it is possible for Ethiopia and Kenya to even surpass Bangladesh in terms of farmer uptake of agricultural machines to aid them with their farming.

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Author: Animaw Addisu Tadege
Other authors: Nkanya Jasper Alfred Mutegi, Nyakiba John Mogaka, Woldemariam Tamiru Habte, Takeshima Hiroyuki
Organization: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Other organizations: Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI)
Year: 2016
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Country/ies: Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya
Geographical coverage: Africa, Asia and the Pacific
Type: Working paper
Content language: English
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