Abebe, F.Wheeler, S.A.Zuo, A.Bjornlund, H.2023-04-242023-04-242023International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2023; 21(1):1-211473-59031747-762Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/138097Utilizing survey information obtained from five irrigation schemes in southeastern Africa, we investigated the influence of agricultural innovation platforms (AIPs) and monitoring tools on a range of farm and household outcome indicators. Doubly robust estimation was used to measure the effects of these interventions, with a variety of other methods used for robustness checks. Involvement in AIP activities and using monitoring tools was found to be statistically associated with increased on-farm income together with an increased capacity to fund child education. Participation in AIPs also had a significant positive influence on off-farm income and reduced food shortages. Moreover, spillover effects were accounted for in the estimations and statistically significant positive effects were found regarding on-farm income for non-participants. These findings suggest that interventions with strong agricultural innovation system approaches in irrigation schemes in Africa could provide significant societal benefits.en© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Agricultural innovation platforms; irrigation; monitoring tools; spillovers; doubly robust estimationJournal article10.1080/14735903.2023.21845862023-04-24641486Abebe, F. [0000-0001-9464-1957]Wheeler, S.A. [0000-0002-6073-3172]Zuo, A. [0000-0003-0425-4633]