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Does Agricultural Intensification Pay ?

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dc.contributor.authorAihounton, Ghislain
dc.contributor.authorChristiaensen, Luc
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-17T15:30:29Z
dc.date.available2023-04-17T15:30:29Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-17
dc.description.abstractModern inputs and mechanization are promoted across Africa to raise smallholder labor productivity and broker the structural transformation. Yet, adoption has remained low and the implications for returns to labor and labor allocation remain poorly understood. This paper explores the effects of different intensification packages on farm performance, market orientation, and food security using data from lowland rice farmers in Côte d'Ivoire. Employing a multinomial treatment effect model, the findings reveal that intensification increases land and labor productivity, especially when agro-chemicals and mechanized land preparation are combined. Returns to labor double to triple, inducing specialization and greater market orientation as well as greater food security, while productively releasing agricultural labor for other activities. Labor in agriculture becomes more waged. The gender balance remains the same. Child labor input does not decrease. The findings call for greater attention to labor productivity and confirm that agricultural intensification can pay and enhance rural transformation.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099345204122310522/IDU04d8ee3020f2020430b0bbba0eb0d7f36bc12
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10405
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39698
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Papers; 10405
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectRURAL TRANSFORMAITON
dc.subjectINTENSIFICATION
dc.subjectFARM PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectSPECIALIZATION
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectRICE FARMERS
dc.subjectRURAL TRANSFORMATION
dc.titleDoes Agricultural Intensification Pay ?en
dc.typeWorking Paper
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleDoes Agricultural Intensification Pay ?
okr.date.disclosure2023-04-12
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-25T02:23:38.041375Z
okr.date.lastmodified2023-04-12T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099345204122310522/IDU04d8ee3020f2020430b0bbba0eb0d7f36bc12
okr.guid099345204122310522
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-4d8ee302-f202-430b-bbba-eb0d7f36bc12
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10405
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34040107
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34040107
okr.identifier.reportWPS10405
okr.import.id441
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099345204122310522/pdf/IDU04d8ee3020f2020430b0bbba0eb0d7f36bc12.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Western and Central (AFW)
okr.region.countryCote d'Ivoire
okr.region.geographicalAfrica
okr.sectorAgricultural markets, commercialization and agri-business
okr.topicAgriculture::Agribusiness
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.topicAgriculture::Fertilizers
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topicRural Development::Rural Development Strategy & Policy
okr.unitJOBS- CCSA - IBRD (HSPJB)
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