Investment modeling for scalable agricultural learning
Fig 5
The effect of target population size on internal rate of returns (IRR).
Increasing the target population size (S(0)), which represents the number of farmers who would benefit from the taught technique, led to higher returns. The left plot shows how reducing production costs affects returns slightly. The center plot reveals that lower deployment costs (i.e., more cost-effective campaigns) can substantially enhance returns for larger target populations. The right plot indicates that reductions in adoption costs have a minimal impact on returns.