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Varshney, D., Joshi, P.K., Kumar, A., Mishra, A.K. and Kumar Dubey, S. (2022) Examining the Transfer of Knowledge and Training to Smallholders in India: Direct and Spillover Effects of Agricultural Advisory Services in an Emerging Economy. World Development, 160, Article 106067.
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• TITLE: Does Using Digital Platforms Impact Irish Potato Productivity? The Case of Smallholder Farmers in Molo and Njoro Sub-Counties, Kenya

  AUTHORS: Chinsinsi Veronica Dakalira, George Owour, Antony Mwangi Kibe

  KEYWORDS: Digital Platforms, Irish Potato, Multinomial Endogenous Treatment Effect Model, Productivity

  JOURNAL NAME: Agricultural Sciences, Vol.16 No.12, December 23, 2025

  ABSTRACT: This study examined the effects of using digital platforms, specifically Viazisoko and Mzizi apps, on Irish potato productivity among smallholder farmers in Molo and Njoro sub-counties, Kenya. A multistage sampling technique was used to sample 402 farmers. The Multinomial Endogenous Treatment Effect (METE) model was used for analysis. The model consists of two components: Treatment and Outcome models. The results from the treatment model revealed that factors that significantly influenced the likelihood of farmers being in one of the two treatment categories, “Know but non-user” or “Know and User” relative to the base category, “unaware of the platform” were sex, training, education, and need for production and marketing information. The outcome model revealed that both treatment categories had a higher potato productivity relative to the base category. Farmers in the “Know but Non-users” category had a 0.741 unit increase in productivity (p