Heterogeneous Effects of Agricultural Technical Assistance in Colombia

Abstract Small family farms account for 72% of the in world. Most these farms, developing countries, face labor productivity gaps. One strategies to increase agricultural focuses on implementing technical assistance programs. Using agriculture microdata, we estimate marginal treatment effect receiving services. We find that generates heterogeneous effects. On average, units increased their production by 50.4%. However, there is important heterogeneity assistance’s effects across units’ unobserved and observed characteristics.