How light is too light touch: The effect of a short training-based intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso

This paper reports on the effects of a training-based intervention seeking to increase household engagement in poultry production in Burkina Faso, analyzing data from a large-scale cluster randomized trial in which 1798 households in 60 communes were observed over a period of three years. The interv...

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Main Authors: Leight, Jessica, Awonon, Josué, Pedehombga, Abdoulaye, Ganaba, Rasmané, Gelli, Aulo
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141371
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author Leight, Jessica
Awonon, Josué
Pedehombga, Abdoulaye
Ganaba, Rasmané
Gelli, Aulo
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Ganaba, Rasmané
Gelli, Aulo
Leight, Jessica
Pedehombga, Abdoulaye
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description This paper reports on the effects of a training-based intervention seeking to increase household engagement in poultry production in Burkina Faso, analyzing data from a large-scale cluster randomized trial in which 1798 households in 60 communes were observed over a period of three years. The intervention SELEVER — entailing a short series of trainings for households as well as capacity building for local animal health and credit services — had little effect on household poultry production and no effect on profits. There is some evidence of an increase in the utilization of poultry inputs and an associated reduction in poultry mortality, primarily for larger poultry producers; however, there is no evidence of any treatment effects for the smallest producers.
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spelling CGSpace1413712025-10-26T13:01:28Z How light is too light touch: The effect of a short training-based intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso Leight, Jessica Awonon, Josué Pedehombga, Abdoulaye Ganaba, Rasmané Gelli, Aulo poultry livestock production training households randomized controlled trials poultry production capacity development livestock This paper reports on the effects of a training-based intervention seeking to increase household engagement in poultry production in Burkina Faso, analyzing data from a large-scale cluster randomized trial in which 1798 households in 60 communes were observed over a period of three years. The intervention SELEVER — entailing a short series of trainings for households as well as capacity building for local animal health and credit services — had little effect on household poultry production and no effect on profits. There is some evidence of an increase in the utilization of poultry inputs and an associated reduction in poultry mortality, primarily for larger poultry producers; however, there is no evidence of any treatment effects for the smallest producers. 2022-03 2024-04-12T13:37:47Z 2024-04-12T13:37:47Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141371 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133434 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133686 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2156-4 https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2021.1968932 https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxac034 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmmh.2022.100160 Open Access Elsevier Leight, Jessica; Awonon, Josué; Pedehombga, Abdoulaye; Ganaba, Rasmané; and Gelli, Aulo. 2022. How light is too light touch: The effect of a short training-based intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso. Journal of Development Economics 155(March 2022): 102776. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102776
spellingShingle poultry
livestock production
training
households
randomized controlled trials
poultry production
capacity development
livestock
Leight, Jessica
Awonon, Josué
Pedehombga, Abdoulaye
Ganaba, Rasmané
Gelli, Aulo
How light is too light touch: The effect of a short training-based intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso
title How light is too light touch: The effect of a short training-based intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso
title_full How light is too light touch: The effect of a short training-based intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso
title_fullStr How light is too light touch: The effect of a short training-based intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso
title_full_unstemmed How light is too light touch: The effect of a short training-based intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso
title_short How light is too light touch: The effect of a short training-based intervention on household poultry production in Burkina Faso
title_sort how light is too light touch the effect of a short training based intervention on household poultry production in burkina faso
topic poultry
livestock production
training
households
randomized controlled trials
poultry production
capacity development
livestock
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141371
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