Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
Volume 67, Issue 1, Pages 130-153Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1477-9552.12127
Keywords
Incomes; maize yields; multinomial endogenous treatment effects; sustainable agricultural practices; Zambia
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- USAID/Zambia
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This paper uses a multinomial endogenous treatment effects model and data from a sample of over 800 households and 3,000 plots to assess the determinants and impacts of adoption of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) on maize yields and household incomes in rural Zambia. Results show that adoption decisions are driven by household and plot level characteristics and that the adoption of a combination of SAPs raises both maize yields and incomes of smallholder farmers. Adoption of improved maize alone has greater impacts on maize yields, but given the high cost of inorganic fertiliser that limits the profitability of adoption of improved maize, greater household incomes are associated rather with a package involving SAPs such as maize-legume rotation and residue retention.
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