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The effects of education on agricultural productivity under traditional and improved technology in northern Nigeria: an endogenous switching regression analysis

dc.contributor.authorAlene, Arega D.
dc.contributor.authorManyong, Victor M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:19:36Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:19:36Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.citationAlene, A.D. & Manyong, V.M. (2007). The effects of education on agricultural productivity under traditional and improved technology in northern Nigeria: an endogenous switching regression analysis. Empirical Economics, 32(1), 141-159.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3496
dc.description.abstractThis paper estimates a more efficient version of an endogenous switching regression model to examine the effects of farmer education—schooling and extension contact—on cowpea production under traditional and improved technology in northern Nigeria. The results revealed significant productivity-enhancing effects of schooling and extension contact only under improved technology. Factors that promote technology adoption will thus indirectly raise the marginal contributions of farmer education; these include schooling, participatory technology evaluation, improved seed supply, and market access. The results demonstrate that schooling not only enhances agricultural productivity following technology adoption but also promotes adoption itself.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectCowpeas
dc.subjectSchooling
dc.subjectExtension
dc.subjectTechnology Adoption
dc.subjectAgricultural Productivity
dc.titleThe effects of education on agricultural productivity under traditional and improved technology in northern Nigeria: an endogenous switching regression analysis
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.iitasubjectKnowledge Management
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.iitasubjectPolicies And Institutions
cg.iitasubjectFarm Management
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectCapacity Development
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid95467
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-006-0076-3


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