POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 9
The trade-off between short-term welfare and long-term agricultural development in the highlands of Ethiopia represents a challenge to successful economic development in a predominantly agriculture-based economy. We employ nearest neighbor and kernel-based matching techniques to measure the impact o...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2014
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| author | Avula, Rasmi |
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| description | The trade-off between short-term welfare and long-term agricultural development in the highlands of Ethiopia represents a challenge to successful economic development in a predominantly agriculture-based economy. We employ nearest neighbor and kernel-based matching techniques to measure the impact of sustainable land and watershed management (SLWM) on the value of production at the plot level. Analysis suggests that plots that received SLWM investments (terraces, bunds, check dams) within the first study period (1992–2002) had a 24 per cent higher value of production in 2010. In addition, continuous treatment effects analysis provides a robustness check and suggests that plots with existing SLWM infrastructure have a positive and increasing value of production seven years after construction. Although value of production increases over time, net benefits may not outweigh costs, and mechanisms to incentivize maintenance may be needed. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1499842025-11-06T05:08:21Z POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 9 Avula, Rasmi nutrition children The trade-off between short-term welfare and long-term agricultural development in the highlands of Ethiopia represents a challenge to successful economic development in a predominantly agriculture-based economy. We employ nearest neighbor and kernel-based matching techniques to measure the impact of sustainable land and watershed management (SLWM) on the value of production at the plot level. Analysis suggests that plots that received SLWM investments (terraces, bunds, check dams) within the first study period (1992–2002) had a 24 per cent higher value of production in 2010. In addition, continuous treatment effects analysis provides a robustness check and suggests that plots with existing SLWM infrastructure have a positive and increasing value of production seven years after construction. Although value of production increases over time, net benefits may not outweigh costs, and mechanisms to incentivize maintenance may be needed. 2014 2024-08-01T02:50:24Z 2024-08-01T02:50:24Z Abstract https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149984 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Avula, Rasmi. 2014. POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 9. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149984 |
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| title | POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 9 |
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| title_fullStr | POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 9 |
| title_full_unstemmed | POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 9 |
| title_short | POSHAN’s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research – Issue 9 |
| title_sort | poshan s abstract digest on maternal and child nutrition research issue 9 |
| topic | nutrition children |
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