DOES PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS ENCOURAGE FERTILIZER USE IN RURAL ETHIOPIA?
2016
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DOES PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS ENCOURAGE FERTILIZER USE IN RURAL ETHIOPIA?
Keywords
A sixth of the world’s population receives inadequate nutrition. The problem is especially severe in Africa where agricultural sectors are dominated by subsistence farmers. African small-holder farmers could double crop yields by doubling their fertilizer use. Yet; in many countries; subsistence farmers do not utilize advanced inputs that are apparently available to them at subsidized prices. This study evaluates the impact of food aid programs on agricultural productivity via changes in participants’ input decisions. It also identifies the main determinants of participation in public works programs and fertilizer use and examines whether these decisions affect one another. Using a unique cross-sectional sample of households from rural Ethiopia that permits us to examine the relation between fertilizer use and participation in a recently established safety net program; we apply novel econometric techniques to compute the marginal effects of a system of two simultaneous models with binary and censored latent dependent variables.
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Issue Date
2016-04
Publication Type
Journal Article
DOI and Other Identifiers
10.22004/ag.econ.234913
ISSN 2147-8988 (Other)
E-ISSN: 2149-3766 (Other)
ISSN 2147-8988 (Other)
E-ISSN: 2149-3766 (Other)
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/234913
PURL Identifier
http://purl.umn.edu/234913
Published in
International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC)
Volume
04
Issue
2
Page Range
101 - 124
Total Pages
24
JEL Codes
O13
P45
Q10
Q12
Q19
P45
Q10
Q12
Q19
Series Statement
Vol 4
No 2
No 2
Record Appears in
International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC)