Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya
While tissue culture (TC) technology for vegetative plant propagation is gradually gaining in importance in Africa, rigorous ex post assessments of welfare effects for smallholder farm households is lacking. Using recent survey data and accounting for self-selection in technology adoption, we analyz...
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Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
2011
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| author | Kabunga, N.S. Dubois, T. Qaim, M. |
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| description | While tissue culture (TC) technology for vegetative plant propagation is gradually gaining in importance in Africa, rigorous ex post assessments of welfare effects for smallholder farm households is lacking. Using recent survey data and accounting for self-selection in technology adoption, we analyze the impacts of TC banana technology on household income and food security in Kenya. To assess food security outcomes, we employ the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) – a tool that has not been used for impact assessment before. Estimates of treatment-effects models show that TC banana adoption increases farm and household income by 153% and 50%, respectively. The technology also reduces relative food insecurity in a significant way. These results indicate that TC technology can be welfare enhancing for adopting farm households; its use should be further promoted through upscaling appropriate technology delivery systems. |
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| spelling | CGSpace889782025-01-27T15:00:52Z Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya Kabunga, N.S. Dubois, T. Qaim, M. technology transfer tissue culture impact assessment income generation food security bananas household income While tissue culture (TC) technology for vegetative plant propagation is gradually gaining in importance in Africa, rigorous ex post assessments of welfare effects for smallholder farm households is lacking. Using recent survey data and accounting for self-selection in technology adoption, we analyze the impacts of TC banana technology on household income and food security in Kenya. To assess food security outcomes, we employ the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) – a tool that has not been used for impact assessment before. Estimates of treatment-effects models show that TC banana adoption increases farm and household income by 153% and 50%, respectively. The technology also reduces relative food insecurity in a significant way. These results indicate that TC technology can be welfare enhancing for adopting farm households; its use should be further promoted through upscaling appropriate technology delivery systems. 2011-08 2017-10-13T09:27:43Z 2017-10-13T09:27:43Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88978 en Limited Access Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Kabunga, N.S., Dubois, T. & Qaim, M. (2011). Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya (p. 28). Gottingen: Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen. |
| spellingShingle | technology transfer tissue culture impact assessment income generation food security bananas household income Kabunga, N.S. Dubois, T. Qaim, M. Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya |
| title | Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya |
| title_full | Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya |
| title_short | Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya |
| title_sort | impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in kenya |
| topic | technology transfer tissue culture impact assessment income generation food security bananas household income |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88978 |
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