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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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Main Authors: Kassie, M., Wossen, T., Groote, H. de, Tefera, T., Sevgan, S., Balew, S.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford University Press 2020
Subjects:
spodoptera frugiperda
plant diseases
pests of plants
maize
disease control
food security
food production
consumption
east africa
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109876
Summary: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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