Effects of agricultural mechanization on economies of scope in crop production in Nigeria
Agricultural mechanization has often been associated with scale-effects and increased specialization. Such characterizations, however, fail to explain how mechanization may grow in Africa where production environments are heterogeneous even within a farm household, and crop diversification may help...
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| author | Takeshima, Hiroyuki Hatzenbuehler, Patrick L. Edeh, Hyacinth O. |
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| description | Agricultural mechanization has often been associated with scale-effects and increased specialization. Such characterizations, however, fail to explain how mechanization may grow in Africa where production environments are heterogeneous even within a farm household, and crop diversification may help in mitigating risks. Using panel data from farm households and crop-specific production costs in Nigeria, we estimate how the adoptions of animal traction or tractors affect the economies of scope (EOS) for rice, non-rice grains, and legumes/seeds, which are the crop groups that are most widely grown with animal traction or tractors in Nigeria, with respect to other non-rice crops. The inverse-probability-weighting method is used to address the potential endogeneity of mechanization adoption and is combined with primal- and dual-models of EOS estimation. The results show that the adoption of these mechanization technologies is associated with greater EOS between rice and non-rice crops but lower EOS among non-rice crops (i.e., between non-rice grains, legumes/seeds, and other non-rice crops). Mechanical technologies may raise EOS between crops that are grown in more heterogeneous environments, even though it may lower EOS between crops that are grown under relatively similar agroecological conditions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper that shows the effects of mechanical technologies on EOS in agriculture in developing countries. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1423092025-02-24T06:45:40Z Effects of agricultural mechanization on economies of scope in crop production in Nigeria Takeshima, Hiroyuki Hatzenbuehler, Patrick L. Edeh, Hyacinth O. regression analysis legumes technology rice crop production economics agricultural mechanization grain diversification Agricultural mechanization has often been associated with scale-effects and increased specialization. Such characterizations, however, fail to explain how mechanization may grow in Africa where production environments are heterogeneous even within a farm household, and crop diversification may help in mitigating risks. Using panel data from farm households and crop-specific production costs in Nigeria, we estimate how the adoptions of animal traction or tractors affect the economies of scope (EOS) for rice, non-rice grains, and legumes/seeds, which are the crop groups that are most widely grown with animal traction or tractors in Nigeria, with respect to other non-rice crops. The inverse-probability-weighting method is used to address the potential endogeneity of mechanization adoption and is combined with primal- and dual-models of EOS estimation. The results show that the adoption of these mechanization technologies is associated with greater EOS between rice and non-rice crops but lower EOS among non-rice crops (i.e., between non-rice grains, legumes/seeds, and other non-rice crops). Mechanical technologies may raise EOS between crops that are grown in more heterogeneous environments, even though it may lower EOS between crops that are grown under relatively similar agroecological conditions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper that shows the effects of mechanical technologies on EOS in agriculture in developing countries. 2020-01-01 2024-05-22T12:10:18Z 2024-05-22T12:10:18Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142309 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133854 https://doi.org/10.1353/jda.2021.0083 Open Access Elsevier Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Hatzenbuehler, Patrick L.; and Edeh, Hyacinth O. 2020. Effects of agricultural mechanization on economies of scope in crop production in Nigeria. Agricultural Systems 177(January 2020): 102691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102691 |
| spellingShingle | regression analysis legumes technology rice crop production economics agricultural mechanization grain diversification Takeshima, Hiroyuki Hatzenbuehler, Patrick L. Edeh, Hyacinth O. Effects of agricultural mechanization on economies of scope in crop production in Nigeria |
| title | Effects of agricultural mechanization on economies of scope in crop production in Nigeria |
| title_full | Effects of agricultural mechanization on economies of scope in crop production in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Effects of agricultural mechanization on economies of scope in crop production in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of agricultural mechanization on economies of scope in crop production in Nigeria |
| title_short | Effects of agricultural mechanization on economies of scope in crop production in Nigeria |
| title_sort | effects of agricultural mechanization on economies of scope in crop production in nigeria |
| topic | regression analysis legumes technology rice crop production economics agricultural mechanization grain diversification |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142309 |
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