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dc.titleAdoption of Sustainable Livestock Innovations: Evidence from Latin America
dc.contributor.authorAguirre, Emilio
dc.contributor.authorBaraldo, Juan
dc.contributor.authorLópez-Barrera, Emiliano
dc.contributor.authorBasurto Hernández, Saúl
dc.contributor.authorBlackman, Allen
dc.contributor.authorBravo Peña, Felipe
dc.contributor.authorCaffera, Marcelo
dc.contributor.authorCarriquiry, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorCorrea, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorCorrea-Pinilla, Diana Elisa
dc.contributor.authorFlorez-Díaz, Hernando
dc.contributor.authorFontanilla-Díaz, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorGuerrero, Santiago
dc.contributor.authorKöbrich, Claus
dc.contributor.authorKuhfuss, Laure
dc.contributor.authorLaguna, Hugo
dc.contributor.authorMolina-Romero, Adriana María
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz, Gonzalo
dc.contributor.authorPeña-Lévano, Luis
dc.contributor.authorRivero-Wildemauwe, José Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorRosas, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorSalazar, Lina
dc.contributor.authorTaheri, Homa
dc.contributor.authorVelazco, José
dc.contributor.authorWinters, Paul
dc.contributor.authorBeltran, Allan
dc.contributor.editorBlackman, Allen
dc.contributor.editorMuñoz, Gonzalo
dc.contributor.editorSalazar, Lina
dc.contributor.editorWinters, Paul
dc.contributor.orgunitAgriculture and Rural Development Division
dc.contributor.orgunitClimate Change and Sustainable Development Sector
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coverageUruguay
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2026-02-09T00:02:00
dc.date.issue2026-02-09T00:02:00
dc.description.abstractTo maintain the vital economic benefits of Latin Americas livestock sector while minimizing its environmental footprint, producers must adopt clean and climate-friendly sustainable technologies such as improved feed and grazing practices and silvopastoral systems. Yet we have limited evidence the adoption of such innovations, particularly in developing regions where socioeconomic and geophysical conditions often differ from those in the developed countries. To help fill that gap, this monograph presents studies examining the drivers of adoption in Chile, Colombia, and Mexico; the efficacy of a program aimed at spurring adoption in Uruguay; and farmers preferences for adoption in Uruguay. Several broad findings emerge from the set of five studies. First, generalizing about the drivers of the adoption of sustainable livestock technologies in Latin America is ill advised: they are both technology- and site-specific. Relatedly, land tenure matters. Third, all good things do not necessarily go together: adopting one sustainable livestock technology does not necessarily increase the chances of adopting others. Fourth, the adoption of sustainable livestock innovations does not guarantee significant impacts on targeted outcomes. Finally, two of the most common policy interventionsenhancing access to credit and/or providing technical extensionare correlated with adoption, at least for some technologies and subgroups. A key policy implication is that one-size-fits-all policies aimed at promoting adoption are unlikely to be effective or efficient. Rather, policies must be carefully targeted and tailored to specific technologies and locations and/or must provide menus of technological and support options for diverse sets of farmers.
dc.format.extent266
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0013936
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Adoption-of-Sustainable-Livestock-Innovations-Evidence-from-Latin-America.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Adopcion-de-Innovaciones-Ganaderas-Sostenibles-Evidencia-de-America-Latina.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectAgricultural Policies
dc.subjectLivestock
dc.subjectSustainability
dc.subjectGreenhouse Gas Emission
dc.subjectProductivity
dc.subjectRating
dc.subjectImmunization Programs
dc.subjectScience and Technology
dc.subjectTechnology Adoption
dc.subjectTechnology Transfer
dc.subjectDebtor Finance
dc.subject.jelcodeO33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences • Diffusion Processes
dc.subject.jelcodeQ12 - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
dc.subject.jelcodeQ15 - Land Ownership and Tenure • Land Reform • Land Use • Irrigation • Agriculture and Environment
dc.subject.jelcodeQ16 - R&D • Agricultural Technology • Biofuels • Agricultural Extension Services
dc.subject.jelcodeQ18 - Agricultural Policy • Food Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeQ55 - Technological Innovation
dc.subject.jelcodeQ56 - Environment and Development • Environment and Trade • Sustainability • Environmental Accounts and Accounting • Environmental Equity • Population Growth
dc.subject.jelcodeQ57 - Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services • Biodiversity Conservation • Bioeconomics • Industrial Ecology
dc.subject.keywordsAgricultural Policy;cattle;climate change;discrete choice experiment;econometrics;environment;gender-responsive extension;Impact Evaluation;land tenure;Livestock;pasture;risk aversion;rural development;stated preference;stocking rate;Sustainability;sustainable grazing;Technology adoption
dc.typeMonographs
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-MG-01324
idb.operationRG-T4266
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