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Food security and poverty reduction effects of agricultural technologies adoption − a multinomial endogenous switching regression application in rural Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.authorAmankwah, Akuffo
dc.contributor.authorGwatidzo, Tendai
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-19T19:39:13Z
dc.date.available2024-07-19T19:39:13Z
dc.date.issued2024-05
dc.description.abstractUsing nationally representative household survey data and the multinomial endogenous switching regression (MESR) procedure, this study examines the productivity, food security, and poverty reduction effects of adopting improved seed and inorganic fertilizer in rural Zimbabwe. The results show that the joint adoption of improved seed and inorganic fertilizer is facilitated by household ownership of farm mechanization, years of education of the household heads, presence of a wage worker in the household, access to irrigation facilities, and government extension services. The MESR results show that the adoption of improved seed and inorganic fertilizer, as well as their joint usage, have productivity and welfare-enhancing effects on farming households in rural Zimbabwe. More importantly, we find that while the technologies appear to impact food consumption negatively, households using the technologies jointly in production are more food secure and eat more diverse foods. This implies government efforts to promote the joint adoption of the two technologies in rural Zimbabwe are encouraged.en
dc.identifier.citationFood Policy
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/41917
dc.identifier.issn0306-9192
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41917
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectJOINT TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
dc.subjectMULTIPLE AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectWELFARE EFFECTS
dc.subjectMULTINOMIAL ENDOGENOUS SWITCHING
dc.subjectTREATMENT REGRESSION
dc.subjectRURAL ZIMBABWE
dc.titleFood security and poverty reduction effects of agricultural technologies adoption − a multinomial endogenous switching regression application in rural Zimbabween
dc.typeJournal Article
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.associatedcontenthttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102629 Journal website (version of record)
okr.crossref.titleFood security and poverty reduction effects of agricultural technologies adoption − a multinomial endogenous switching regression application in rural Zimbabwe
okr.date.disclosure2024-07-19
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.externalcontentExternal Content
okr.identifier.doi10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102629
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/41917
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryZimbabwe
okr.topicAgriculture::Agriculture & Farming Systems
okr.volume125
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