In 2016, we still observed highly significant differences between these groups (Columns 5b and 6b), but the gap between landholding terciles had narrowed: both with respect to ZT awareness and ZT use, the growth rate was higher for farmers in the lower terciles (Columns 7 and 8).
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Social inclusion increases with time for zero-tillage wheat in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains.
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While land owners were more likely to use ZT in 2012, the weakly significant negative coefficient in the adoption stage in 2015 indicates that farmers are also willing to use it on rented land, which is likely related to their growing confidence in the technology’s short-term benefits.