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Impacts of extension access and cooperative membership on technology adoption and household welfare

dc.contributor.authorAssfaw Wossen, T.
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, Tahirou
dc.contributor.authorAlene, A.
dc.contributor.authorHaile, M.G.
dc.contributor.authorFeleke, S.
dc.contributor.authorOlanrewaju, A.S.
dc.contributor.authorManyong, Victor M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:09:09Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:09:09Z
dc.date.issued2017-08
dc.identifier.citationAssfaw Wossen, T., Abdoulaye, T., Alene, A., Haile, M.G., Feleke, S., Olanrewaju, A. & Manyong, V. (2017). Impacts of extension access and cooperative membership on technology adoption and household welfare. Journal of Rural Studies, 54, 223-233.
dc.identifier.issn0743-0167
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1987
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the impacts of access to extension services and cooperative membership on technology adoption, asset ownership and poverty using household-level data from rural Nigeria. Using different matching techniques and endogenous switching regression approach, we find that both extension access and cooperative membership have a positive and statistically significant effect on technology adoption and household welfare. Moreover, we find that both extension access and cooperative membership have heterogeneous impacts. In particular, we find evidence of a positive selection as the average treatment effects of extension access and cooperative membership are higher for farmers with the highest propensity to access extension and cooperative services. The impact of extension services on poverty reduction and of cooperatives on technology adoption is significantly stronger for smallholders with access to formal credit than for those without access. This implies that expanding rural financial markets can maximize the potential positive impacts of extension and cooperative services on farmers’ productivity and welfare.
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.format.extent223-233
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectCooperatives
dc.subjectAdoption
dc.subjectWelfare
dc.subjectImpact Evaluation
dc.subjectExtension Access
dc.subjectTechnology Adoption
dc.subjectSmallholders
dc.titleImpacts of extension access and cooperative membership on technology adoption and household welfare
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Bonn
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectImpact Assessment
cg.iitasubjectPolicies And Institutions
cg.journalJournal of Rural Studies
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
local.dspaceid85550
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.06.022


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