@article{Nsabimana:333947,
      recid = {333947},
      author = {Nsabimana, Aimable},
      title = {Is change worth it? The effects of adopting modern  agricultural inputs on household welfare in Rwanda},
      journal = {African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics},
      address = {2021-09-01},
      number = {311-2023-790},
      month = {Sep},
      year = {2021},
      abstract = {This study investigates the driving factors that influence  farmers’ decisions to adopt modern agricultural inputs  (MAI) and how this affects farm household welfare in rural  Rwanda. To account for heterogeneity in the MAI adoption  decision and unobservable farm and household attributes, we  estimate an endogenous switching regression (ESR) model.  The findings reveal that size of land endowment, access to  farm credit and awareness of farm advisory services are the  main driving forces behind MAI adoption. The analysis  further shows that MAI adoption increases household farm  income, farm yield and equivalised consumption per capita.  This implies that adopting MAI is the most consistent and  potentially best pathway to reduce poverty among rural  farmers. The study hence suggests that policymakers should  align the effective dissemination of MAI information and  farm advisory services, strengthen farm credit systems and  improve market access – most crucially at affordable prices  – among small-farmers throughout Rwanda.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/333947},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.333947},
}