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Does Agricultural Intensification Pay?

dc.contributor.author Aihounton, Ghislain
dc.contributor.author Christiaensen, Luc
dc.date.accessioned 2023-04-17T22:42:22Z
dc.date.available 2023-04-17T22:42:22Z
dc.date.issued 2023-04-17
dc.description.abstract Modern 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.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099712204172313714/IDU04dc2640501148049d908da207087df89833b
dc.identifier.uri https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39701
dc.language English
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Jobs Working Paper; Issue No. 73
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject RURAL TRANSFORMATION
dc.subject INTENSIFICATION
dc.subject FARM PERFORMANCE
dc.subject SPECIALIZATION
dc.subject FOOD SECURITY
dc.title Does Agricultural Intensification Pay? en
dc.type Working Paper
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crossref.title Does Agricultural Intensification Pay?
okr.date.disclosure 2023-04-17
okr.date.lastmodified 2023-04-17T00:00:00Z en
okr.doctype Working Paper (Numbered Series)
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099712204172313714/IDU04dc2640501148049d908da207087df89833b
okr.guid 099712204172313714
okr.identifier.docmid IDU-4dc26405-1148-49d9-8da2-7087df89833b
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 34043284
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 34043284
okr.identifier.report 181547
okr.import.id 466
okr.imported true en
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099712204172313714/pdf/IDU04dc2640501148049d908da207087df89833b.pdf en
okr.region.country Antigua and Barbuda
okr.topic Agriculture :: Agribusiness
okr.topic Agriculture :: Food Security
okr.topic Agriculture :: Fertilizers
okr.unit JOBS- CCSA - IBRD (HSPJB)
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