Economic impacts of fall armyworm and its management strategies: evidence from southern Ethiopia
This paper explores the economic implications of fall armyworm (FAW) and its management strategies by exploiting exogenous variation in FAW exposure amongst households in southern Ethiopia. We find that FAW exposure affects maize yield and sales negatively, but not consumption. Furthermore, we find...
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| author | Kassie, M. Wossen, T. Groote, H. de Tefera, T. Sevgan, S. Balew, S. |
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| author_facet | Kassie, M. Wossen, T. Groote, H. de Tefera, T. Sevgan, S. Balew, S. |
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| description | This paper explores the economic implications of fall armyworm (FAW) and its management strategies by exploiting exogenous variation in FAW exposure amongst households in southern Ethiopia. We find that FAW exposure affects maize yield and sales negatively, but not consumption. Furthermore, we find evidence of crowding-in and intensification of insecticide use in response to FAW exposure. We also find suggestive evidence that existing extension service arrangements lack the capacity to deal with emerging threats such as FAW. Results imply that targeted interventions aimed at improving the effectiveness of control measures and institutional capacity would be key to reduce the adverse effects of FAW. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1098762025-11-11T10:39:40Z Economic impacts of fall armyworm and its management strategies: evidence from southern Ethiopia Kassie, M. Wossen, T. Groote, H. de Tefera, T. Sevgan, S. Balew, S. spodoptera frugiperda plant diseases pests of plants maize disease control food security food production consumption east africa This paper explores the economic implications of fall armyworm (FAW) and its management strategies by exploiting exogenous variation in FAW exposure amongst households in southern Ethiopia. We find that FAW exposure affects maize yield and sales negatively, but not consumption. Furthermore, we find evidence of crowding-in and intensification of insecticide use in response to FAW exposure. We also find suggestive evidence that existing extension service arrangements lack the capacity to deal with emerging threats such as FAW. Results imply that targeted interventions aimed at improving the effectiveness of control measures and institutional capacity would be key to reduce the adverse effects of FAW. 2020-01-10 2020-10-16T10:34:50Z 2020-10-16T10:34:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109876 en Open Access application/pdf Oxford University Press Kassie, M., Wossen, T., De Groote, H., Tefera, T., Sevgan, S. & Balew, S. (2020). Economic impacts of fall armyworm and its management strategies: evidence from southern Ethiopia. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 47(4), 1473–1501. |
| spellingShingle | spodoptera frugiperda plant diseases pests of plants maize disease control food security food production consumption east africa Kassie, M. Wossen, T. Groote, H. de Tefera, T. Sevgan, S. Balew, S. Economic impacts of fall armyworm and its management strategies: evidence from southern Ethiopia |
| title | Economic impacts of fall armyworm and its management strategies: evidence from southern Ethiopia |
| title_full | Economic impacts of fall armyworm and its management strategies: evidence from southern Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Economic impacts of fall armyworm and its management strategies: evidence from southern Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Economic impacts of fall armyworm and its management strategies: evidence from southern Ethiopia |
| title_short | Economic impacts of fall armyworm and its management strategies: evidence from southern Ethiopia |
| title_sort | economic impacts of fall armyworm and its management strategies evidence from southern ethiopia |
| topic | spodoptera frugiperda plant diseases pests of plants maize disease control food security food production consumption east africa |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109876 |
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