The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: a counterfactual analysis
Adoption of improved agricultural technologies has long been recognized as critical for reducing poverty through increased productivity, incomes, and asset accumulation. Using a nationally representative survey data from a sample of over 1500 households in Nigeria, this paper evaluates the impacts o...
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| author | Manda, J. Alene, Arega D. Tufa, Adane H. Abdoulaye, Tahirou Wossen, T. Chikoye, David Manyong, Victor M. |
| author_browse | Abdoulaye, Tahirou Alene, Arega D. Chikoye, David Manda, J. Manyong, Victor M. Tufa, Adane H. Wossen, T. |
| author_facet | Manda, J. Alene, Arega D. Tufa, Adane H. Abdoulaye, Tahirou Wossen, T. Chikoye, David Manyong, Victor M. |
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| description | Adoption of improved agricultural technologies has long been recognized as critical for reducing poverty through increased productivity, incomes, and asset accumulation. Using a nationally representative survey data from a sample of over 1500 households in Nigeria, this paper evaluates the impacts of adoption of improved cowpea varieties on income and asset poverty reduction using an endogenous switching regression model. The results showed that adoption of improved cowpea varieties increased per capita household income and asset ownership by 17 and 24 percentage points, respectively. The results based on the observed and counterfactual income and asset distributions further showed that adoption reduced both income poverty and asset poverty by 5 percentage points. The paper concludes with a discussion of the policy options for increasing adoption and impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1019782025-11-11T10:43:37Z The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: a counterfactual analysis Manda, J. Alene, Arega D. Tufa, Adane H. Abdoulaye, Tahirou Wossen, T. Chikoye, David Manyong, Victor M. cowpeas varieties income generation nigeria poverty technology Adoption of improved agricultural technologies has long been recognized as critical for reducing poverty through increased productivity, incomes, and asset accumulation. Using a nationally representative survey data from a sample of over 1500 households in Nigeria, this paper evaluates the impacts of adoption of improved cowpea varieties on income and asset poverty reduction using an endogenous switching regression model. The results showed that adoption of improved cowpea varieties increased per capita household income and asset ownership by 17 and 24 percentage points, respectively. The results based on the observed and counterfactual income and asset distributions further showed that adoption reduced both income poverty and asset poverty by 5 percentage points. The paper concludes with a discussion of the policy options for increasing adoption and impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria. 2019-10 2019-07-01T15:08:22Z 2019-07-01T15:08:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101978 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Manda, J., Alene, A.D., Tufa, A.H., Abdoulaye, T., Wossen, T., Chikoye, D. & Manyong, V. (2019). The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: a counterfactual analysis. World Development, 122, 261-271. |
| spellingShingle | cowpeas varieties income generation nigeria poverty technology Manda, J. Alene, Arega D. Tufa, Adane H. Abdoulaye, Tahirou Wossen, T. Chikoye, David Manyong, Victor M. The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: a counterfactual analysis |
| title | The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: a counterfactual analysis |
| title_full | The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: a counterfactual analysis |
| title_fullStr | The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: a counterfactual analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: a counterfactual analysis |
| title_short | The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: a counterfactual analysis |
| title_sort | poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in nigeria a counterfactual analysis |
| topic | cowpeas varieties income generation nigeria poverty technology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101978 |
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