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    Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya

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    Date
    2011-08
    Author
    Kabunga, N.S.
    Dubois, T.
    Qaim, M.
    Type
    Report
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    Abstract/Description
    While tissue culture (TC) technology for vegetative plant propagation is gradually gaining in importance in Africa, rigorous ex post assessments of welfare effects for smallholder farm households is lacking. Using recent survey data and accounting for self-selection in technology adoption, we analyze the impacts of TC banana technology on household income and food security in Kenya. To assess food security outcomes, we employ the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) – a tool that has not been used for impact assessment before. Estimates of treatment-effects models show that TC banana adoption increases farm and household income by 153% and 50%, respectively. The technology also reduces relative food insecurity in a significant way. These results indicate that TC technology can be welfare enhancing for adopting farm households; its use should be further promoted through upscaling appropriate technology delivery systems.
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/2248
    IITA Subjects
    Banana; Food Security; Impact Assessment; Plant Production
    Agrovoc Terms
    Technology Transfer; Tissue Culture; Impact Assessment; Income Generation; Food Security; Bananas; Household Income
    Regions
    Africa; East Africa
    Countries
    Kenya
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