13 research outputs found
Agricultural technology adoption, commercialization and smallholder rice farmers’ welfare in rural Nigeria
Role of Peripheral Analysis Methods in Adoption of Successful KPIs for a Research Institute Working Towards Commercial Agriculture
Effects of nitrogen fertilization on removal kinetics of thiocyanate (SCN−) in rice seedlings
Impact of agricultural technology adoption on asset ownership: the case of improved cassava varieties in Nigeria
Published online: 28 September 201
Technology adoption and the multiple dimensions of food security: the case of maize in Tanzania
The paper analyses the impact of agricultural technologies on the four pillars of food security for maize farmers in Tanzania. Relying on both matching techniques and endogenous switching regression models, we use a nationally representative dataset collected over the period 2010/2011 to estimate the causal effects of using improved seeds and inorganic fertilizers on food availability, access, utilization, and stability. Our results show that the adoption of both technologies has a positive and significant impact on food availability while for access, utilization and stability we observe heterogeneity between improved seeds and inorganic fertilizers as well as across the food security pillars. The study supports the idea that the relationship between agricultural technologies and food security is a complex phenomenon, which cannot be limited to the use of welfare indexes as proxy for food security