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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The welfare enhancing effects of agricultural innovation platforms and soil monitoring tools on farming household outcomes in southeastern Africa |
Author: | Abebe, F. Wheeler, S.A. Zuo, A. Bjornlund, H. |
Citation: | International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2023; 21(1):1-21 |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
ISSN: | 1473-5903 1747-762X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Fentahun Abebe, Sarah Ann Wheeler, Alec Zuo, Henning Bjornlund |
Abstract: | Utilizing survey information obtained from five irrigation schemes in southeastern Africa, we investigated the influence of agricultural innovation platforms (AIPs) and monitoring tools on a range of farm and household outcome indicators. Doubly robust estimation was used to measure the effects of these interventions, with a variety of other methods used for robustness checks. Involvement in AIP activities and using monitoring tools was found to be statistically associated with increased on-farm income together with an increased capacity to fund child education. Participation in AIPs also had a significant positive influence on off-farm income and reduced food shortages. Moreover, spillover effects were accounted for in the estimations and statistically significant positive effects were found regarding on-farm income for non-participants. These findings suggest that interventions with strong agricultural innovation system approaches in irrigation schemes in Africa could provide significant societal benefits. |
Keywords: | Agricultural innovation platforms; irrigation; monitoring tools; spillovers; doubly robust estimation |
Rights: | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
DOI: | 10.1080/14735903.2023.2184586 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140100773 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2023.2184586 |
Appears in Collections: | Economics publications |
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