Impact of Improved Maize Adoption on Welfare of Farm Households in Malawi: A Panel Data Analysis

被引：151

作者：

Bezu, Sosina ^{[1
]}

Kassie, Girma T. ^{[2
]}

Shiferaw, Bekele ^{[3
]}

Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Norwegian Univ Life Sci, Scarborough, ON, Canada

[2] ICARDA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

[3] Partnership Econ Policy, Nairobi, Kenya

[4] Purdue Univ, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA

来源：

WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2014年 / 59卷

关键词：

improved maize; technology adoption; input subsidy; food security; Malawi; Africa; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; SUBSIDIES; POVERTY; DEMAND; MODELS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.01.023

中图分类号：

F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;

摘要：

This paper assesses rural households' decision to use improved maize varieties in Malawi and examines its impact on household welfare using a three-year household panel data. The distributional effect of maize technology adoption is investigated by looking at impacts across wealth and gender groups. We applied control function approach and IV regression to control for possible endogeneity of input subsidy and area under improved maize. We found that area under improved maize varieties is positively correlated with own maize consumption, income and asset holdings. We found evidence that improved maize adoption has a stronger impact on welfare of poorer households. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：120 / 131

页数：12

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