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    The impact of the emergency response to the outbreak of the cassava mosaic disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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    Date
    2012-02
    Author
    Rusike, J.
    Mahungu, N.M.
    Lukombo, S.S.
    Kendenga, T.
    Bidiaka, S.M.
    Alene, A.
    Lema, A.
    Manyong, Victor M.
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    This paper evaluates the impact of an emergency research for development project implemented in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2000 to 2009 by a various actors including the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in response to the outbreak of the Cassava Mosaic Disease that threatened the national food security. It applies methods developed in the econometric and statistical treatment effects literature on evaluation of social programs. The study evaluates impact by analyzing changes over time of outcomes of sample households in the project areas compared to neighboring non-project areas. We find that the project had statistically significant positive effects on technology adoption, area planted cassava, productivity, profitability,household food security and aggregate supply response. The effects are strongest among lower tails of distribution of outcomes mostly made up of female-headed households who grew the crop mainly for food. These findings are useful for informing agricultural and food policy debates in Africa.
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1697
    IITA Subjects
    Capacity Development; Cassava; Disease Control; Food Security; Plant Diseases; Research Method
    Agrovoc Terms
    Cassava; Plant Diseases; Biological Control; Democratic Republic Of Congo; African Cassava Mosaic Virus; Food Security
    Regions
    Africa; Central Africa
    Countries
    Congo, Dr
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