Who benefits from which agricultural research-for-development technologies? Evidence from farm household poverty analysis in Central Africa
It remains a challenge for agricultural research-for-development (AR4D) institutions to demonstrate to donors which technologies contribute significantly to poverty reduction due to a multitude of impact pathways. We attempt to overcome this challenge by utilizing the potential outcomes framework an...
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| author | Ainembabazi, John H. Abdoulaye, Tahirou Feleke, S. Alene, A. Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M. Ndayisaba, P.C. Hicintuka, C. Mapatano, S. Manyong, Victor M. |
| author_browse | Abdoulaye, Tahirou Ainembabazi, John H. Alene, A. Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M. Feleke, S. Hicintuka, C. Manyong, Victor M. Mapatano, S. Ndayisaba, P.C. |
| author_facet | Ainembabazi, John H. Abdoulaye, Tahirou Feleke, S. Alene, A. Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M. Ndayisaba, P.C. Hicintuka, C. Mapatano, S. Manyong, Victor M. |
| author_sort | Ainembabazi, John H. |
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| description | It remains a challenge for agricultural research-for-development (AR4D) institutions to demonstrate to donors which technologies contribute significantly to poverty reduction due to a multitude of impact pathways. We attempt to overcome this challenge by utilizing the potential outcomes framework and quantile treatment effects analytical approaches applied on panel household data collected from Central Africa. Our findings show that adoption of AR4D technologies reduced the probability of being poor by 13 percentage points. A large share of this poverty reduction is causally attributable to adoption of improved crop varieties (32%) followed by adoption of post-harvest technologies (28%) and crop and natural resource management (26%), with the rest 14% attributable to unidentified and/or unmeasured intermediate outcomes or factors. The findings further indicate that relatively poor farm households benefit from adopting improved crop varieties more than the relatively better-off households. Correspondingly, the relatively better off households benefit from adopting post-harvest technologies enhancing crop commercialization much more than the relatively poor households. The findings reveal interesting policy implications for successful targeting of agricultural interventions aimed at reducing rural poverty. |
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| spelling | CGSpace929312023-12-08T19:36:04Z Who benefits from which agricultural research-for-development technologies? Evidence from farm household poverty analysis in Central Africa Ainembabazi, John H. Abdoulaye, Tahirou Feleke, S. Alene, A. Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M. Ndayisaba, P.C. Hicintuka, C. Mapatano, S. Manyong, Victor M. poverty evaluation techniques farmers households agriculture research-for- development technology development It remains a challenge for agricultural research-for-development (AR4D) institutions to demonstrate to donors which technologies contribute significantly to poverty reduction due to a multitude of impact pathways. We attempt to overcome this challenge by utilizing the potential outcomes framework and quantile treatment effects analytical approaches applied on panel household data collected from Central Africa. Our findings show that adoption of AR4D technologies reduced the probability of being poor by 13 percentage points. A large share of this poverty reduction is causally attributable to adoption of improved crop varieties (32%) followed by adoption of post-harvest technologies (28%) and crop and natural resource management (26%), with the rest 14% attributable to unidentified and/or unmeasured intermediate outcomes or factors. The findings further indicate that relatively poor farm households benefit from adopting improved crop varieties more than the relatively better-off households. Correspondingly, the relatively better off households benefit from adopting post-harvest technologies enhancing crop commercialization much more than the relatively poor households. The findings reveal interesting policy implications for successful targeting of agricultural interventions aimed at reducing rural poverty. 2018-04-02 2018-05-28T10:23:25Z 2018-05-28T10:23:25Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92931 en Limited Access Elsevier Ainembabazi, J.H., Abdoulaye, T., Feleke, S., Alene, A., Dontsop-Nguezet, P.M., Ndayisaba, P.C., ... & Manyong, V. (2018). Who benefits from which agricultural research-for-development technologies? Evidence from farm household poverty analysis in Central Africa. World Development, 108, 28-46. |
| spellingShingle | poverty evaluation techniques farmers households agriculture research-for- development technology development Ainembabazi, John H. Abdoulaye, Tahirou Feleke, S. Alene, A. Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M. Ndayisaba, P.C. Hicintuka, C. Mapatano, S. Manyong, Victor M. Who benefits from which agricultural research-for-development technologies? Evidence from farm household poverty analysis in Central Africa |
| title | Who benefits from which agricultural research-for-development technologies? Evidence from farm household poverty analysis in Central Africa |
| title_full | Who benefits from which agricultural research-for-development technologies? Evidence from farm household poverty analysis in Central Africa |
| title_fullStr | Who benefits from which agricultural research-for-development technologies? Evidence from farm household poverty analysis in Central Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who benefits from which agricultural research-for-development technologies? Evidence from farm household poverty analysis in Central Africa |
| title_short | Who benefits from which agricultural research-for-development technologies? Evidence from farm household poverty analysis in Central Africa |
| title_sort | who benefits from which agricultural research for development technologies evidence from farm household poverty analysis in central africa |
| topic | poverty evaluation techniques farmers households agriculture research-for- development technology development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92931 |
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