@article{Kankwamba:211827,
      recid = {211827},
      author = {Kankwamba, Henry and Mangisoni, Julius},
      title = {Are sustainable agricultural practices improving output  and incomes of smallholder farmers in Malawi},
      address = {2015},
      number = {1008-2016-80022},
      pages = {29},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {Sustainable agricultural practices could promote  agricultural development. They have proven to improve soil  structure, moisture content and reduce competition from  weeds. There are, however, mixed reactions to the impacts  of these technologies. Opponents argue that some  technologies are labor intensive, bind nutrients in the  soil and decrease crop yields in the short run. This study  examines impacts of sustainable intensification strategies  on maize output and household full income using random  survey data from Malawi. The study employs multinomial  endogenous switching regressions on a typology of farm  households to isolate direct causal effects of these  technologies. It triangulates the results with reduced form  propensity score matching. Average Treatment Effects on the  Treated are reported. Results indicate that socioeconomic,  geographical and plot characteristics influence adoption  decisions. Further, farmers who adopt sustainable  agricultural practices such as improved seed and soil and  water conservation have consistently more farm output and  incomes than non-adopting households.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/211827},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.211827},
}