Empowerment, climate change adaptation, and agricultural production: Evidence from Niger
We use new household level data from Niger and regression analysis to study the role of drought perception and human capital—including empowerment—in climate change adaptation through the digging of zaї pits and effects of these pits on agricultural productivity. We find that selection of households...
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| author | Wouterse, Fleur |
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| description | We use new household level data from Niger and regression analysis to study the role of drought perception and human capital—including empowerment—in climate change adaptation through the digging of zaї pits and effects of these pits on agricultural productivity. We find that selection of households into adoption of zaï pits is influenced by the perception that the frequency of droughts has increased. More educated, experienced, and empowered households are also more likely to have put in place zaï pits. Accounting for endogeneity of adoption, zaї pits are found to significantly increase cereal yields. Our counterfactual analysis reveals that even though all households would benefit from adoption of zai pits, the effect would be significantly larger for households that did not adopt if they had adopted. For the latter group, empowerment in particular is associated with significantly higher yields. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1475472025-02-19T13:42:37Z Empowerment, climate change adaptation, and agricultural production: Evidence from Niger Wouterse, Fleur gender regression analysis crop yield empowerment smallholders climate change perception climate change adaptation decision making agricultural productivity climate-smart agriculture climate change We use new household level data from Niger and regression analysis to study the role of drought perception and human capital—including empowerment—in climate change adaptation through the digging of zaї pits and effects of these pits on agricultural productivity. We find that selection of households into adoption of zaï pits is influenced by the perception that the frequency of droughts has increased. More educated, experienced, and empowered households are also more likely to have put in place zaï pits. Accounting for endogeneity of adoption, zaї pits are found to significantly increase cereal yields. Our counterfactual analysis reveals that even though all households would benefit from adoption of zai pits, the effect would be significantly larger for households that did not adopt if they had adopted. For the latter group, empowerment in particular is associated with significantly higher yields. 2017 2024-06-21T09:23:01Z 2024-06-21T09:23:01Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147547 en Open Access Springer Wouterse, Fleur Stephanie. 2017. Empowerment, climate change adaptation, and agricultural production: Evidence from Niger. Climatic Change (2017) 145: 367–382. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-017-2096-8 |
| spellingShingle | gender regression analysis crop yield empowerment smallholders climate change perception climate change adaptation decision making agricultural productivity climate-smart agriculture climate change Wouterse, Fleur Empowerment, climate change adaptation, and agricultural production: Evidence from Niger |
| title | Empowerment, climate change adaptation, and agricultural production: Evidence from Niger |
| title_full | Empowerment, climate change adaptation, and agricultural production: Evidence from Niger |
| title_fullStr | Empowerment, climate change adaptation, and agricultural production: Evidence from Niger |
| title_full_unstemmed | Empowerment, climate change adaptation, and agricultural production: Evidence from Niger |
| title_short | Empowerment, climate change adaptation, and agricultural production: Evidence from Niger |
| title_sort | empowerment climate change adaptation and agricultural production evidence from niger |
| topic | gender regression analysis crop yield empowerment smallholders climate change perception climate change adaptation decision making agricultural productivity climate-smart agriculture climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147547 |
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