TY - JOUR
T1 - Heterogeneous Effects of Agricultural Technology Adoption on Smallholder Household Welfare in Ghana
AU - Addai, Kwabena Nyarko
AU - Temoso, Omphile
AU - Ng'Ombe, John N.
PY - 2023/5/1
Y1 - 2023/5/1
N2 - This study uses a marginal treatment effects approach and farm household rice survey data from Northern Ghana to examine the heterogeneous effects of agricultural technologies on household welfare. Results indicate significant heterogeneity in the gains from the adoption of improved rice technologies among farmers. We found significant evidence of a pattern of positive selection on unobserved gains from the adoption of agricultural technologies on rice yield and household dietary diversity scores (HDDS). Moreover, the policy-relevant treatment effects suggest that reducing the distance to sources of agricultural technologies increases rice yield and HDDS through technology adoption.
AB - This study uses a marginal treatment effects approach and farm household rice survey data from Northern Ghana to examine the heterogeneous effects of agricultural technologies on household welfare. Results indicate significant heterogeneity in the gains from the adoption of improved rice technologies among farmers. We found significant evidence of a pattern of positive selection on unobserved gains from the adoption of agricultural technologies on rice yield and household dietary diversity scores (HDDS). Moreover, the policy-relevant treatment effects suggest that reducing the distance to sources of agricultural technologies increases rice yield and HDDS through technology adoption.
KW - Household dietary diversity scores
KW - marginal treatment effects
KW - policy-relevant treatment effects
KW - rice yield
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U2 - 10.1017/aae.2023.16
DO - 10.1017/aae.2023.16
M3 - Article
SN - 1074-0708
VL - 55
SP - 283
EP - 303
JO - Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
JF - Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics
IS - 2
ER -