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040 _aMX-TxCIM
041 _aeng
090 _aCIS-7092
100 1 _92482
_aSimtowe, F.P.
_8I1706896
_gSocioeconomics Program
245 1 0 _aWelfare effects of agricultural technology adoption :
_bthe case of improved groundnut varieties in rural Malawi
260 _aBrazil :
_bInternational Association of Agricultural Economists,
_c2012.
300 _a37 pages
520 _aThis paper applies a program evaluation technique to assess the causal effect of the adoption of improved groundnut technologies on consumption expenditure and poverty measured by headcount, poverty gap and poverty severity indices. The paper is based on a cross-sectional farm household level data collected in 2008 from a sample of 594 households in rural Malawi. A sensitivity analysis is conducted to test the robustness of the propensity score based results using the rbounds test and the mean absolute standardized bias (MASB) between adopters and non-adopters. The analysis reveals robust and positive and significant impacts of improved groundnut variety adoption on per capita consumption expenditure and on poverty reduction. The findings generally provide justification for continued public and private investment in groundnut research and outreach in Malawi.
536 _aSocioeconomics Program
546 _aText in English
594 _aINT3096|INT3019
595 _aCSC
650 7 _2AGROVOC
_92338
_aGroundnuts
650 7 _2AGROVOC
_91988
_aTechnology
650 7 _2AGROVOC
_91215
_aPoverty
651 7 _2AGROVOC
_91319
_aMalawi
700 1 _9890
_aKassie, M.
_gSocioeconomics Program
_8INT3096
700 1 _aAsfaw, S.
_93356
700 1 _9696
_aShiferaw, B.
700 _aMonyo , E.
_96706
700 1 _aSiambi, M.
_8001712173
_gIntegrated Development Program
_gDG
_97439
711 2 _910704
_aInternational Conference of Agricultural Economists
_n(28th :
_dAugust 18-24, 2012 :
_cFoz do Iguacu, Brasil)
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_n0
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