Welfare impacts of climate-smart agriculture in Ghana: does row planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties matter?

This study provides new evidence of the impact of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) – row planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties - on farm and welfare outcomes by estimating a multinomial endogenous switching regression model that corrects for selection bias and farmer heterogeneity in CSA choi...

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Autores principales: Martey, E., Etwire, P.M., Abdoulaye, Tahirou
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108731
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author Martey, E.
Etwire, P.M.
Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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description This study provides new evidence of the impact of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) – row planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties - on farm and welfare outcomes by estimating a multinomial endogenous switching regression model that corrects for selection bias and farmer heterogeneity in CSA choice. Application of our model to panel observations of 438 households in Ghana show that adoption of CSA increases both yield and intensity of maize commercialization but negatively affect own consumption. Specifically, the magnitude of the impact is relatively higher for adopters of row planting relative to adopters of drought-tolerant maize seeds. These results suggest the need for development practitioners to increase awareness and emphasize the importance of row planting as a key component of climate-smart agriculture.
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spelling CGSpace1087312024-05-01T08:18:32Z Welfare impacts of climate-smart agriculture in Ghana: does row planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties matter? Martey, E. Etwire, P.M. Abdoulaye, Tahirou climate-smart agriculture regression analysis farms welfare economics drought tolerance This study provides new evidence of the impact of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) – row planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties - on farm and welfare outcomes by estimating a multinomial endogenous switching regression model that corrects for selection bias and farmer heterogeneity in CSA choice. Application of our model to panel observations of 438 households in Ghana show that adoption of CSA increases both yield and intensity of maize commercialization but negatively affect own consumption. Specifically, the magnitude of the impact is relatively higher for adopters of row planting relative to adopters of drought-tolerant maize seeds. These results suggest the need for development practitioners to increase awareness and emphasize the importance of row planting as a key component of climate-smart agriculture. 2020-04-03 2020-07-09T12:44:18Z 2020-07-09T12:44:18Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108731 en Limited Access Elsevier Martey, E., Etwire, P.M. & Abdoulaye, T. (2020). Welfare impacts of climate-smart agriculture in Ghana: does row planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties matter? Land Use Policy, 95: 104622, 1-10.
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regression analysis
farms
welfare economics
drought tolerance
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Welfare impacts of climate-smart agriculture in Ghana: does row planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties matter?
title Welfare impacts of climate-smart agriculture in Ghana: does row planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties matter?
title_full Welfare impacts of climate-smart agriculture in Ghana: does row planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties matter?
title_fullStr Welfare impacts of climate-smart agriculture in Ghana: does row planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties matter?
title_full_unstemmed Welfare impacts of climate-smart agriculture in Ghana: does row planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties matter?
title_short Welfare impacts of climate-smart agriculture in Ghana: does row planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties matter?
title_sort welfare impacts of climate smart agriculture in ghana does row planting and drought tolerant maize varieties matter
topic climate-smart agriculture
regression analysis
farms
welfare economics
drought tolerance
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108731
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