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Household Welfare Effects of Stress-Tolerant Varieties in Northern Uganda

dc.contributor.authorMwungu, Chis M.
dc.contributor.authorMwongera, Caroline
dc.contributor.authorShikuku, Kelvin Mashisia
dc.contributor.authorAcosta, Mariola
dc.contributor.authorAmpaire, Edidah
dc.contributor.authorWinowiecki, Leigh Ann
dc.contributor.authorLäderach, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:27:28Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:27:28Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationMwungu, Chis M.; Mwongera, Caroline; Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia; Acosta, Mariola; Ampaire, Edidah L.; Winowiecki, Leigh Ann; Läderach. Peter. 2019. Household Welfare Effects of Stress-Tolerant Varieties in Northern Uganda. In: Rosenstock T., Nowak A., Girvetz E. (eds) The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers. Springer, Cham. 175-186 p.
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-319-92797-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/4943
dc.description.abstractThis study assessed the adoption of stress-tolerant varieties and their effect on household welfare, measured by net crop income per capita in Nwoya District, Uganda. The stress-tolerant varieties were considered to be climate-smart because they stabilise and increase crop income in the presence of climatic shocks. However, the uptake of the stress-tolerant varieties was still low in northern Uganda, due to bad past experience in terms of the performance of other improved varieties. Using data from a random sample of 585 households, a logistic model was estimated to assess the drivers for adoption of stress-tolerant varieties. In addition, a propensity score matching model was employed to assess causal effects. The second model was estimated because it controls for unobserved heterogeneity caused by self-selection bias. Results showed that adoption of stress-tolerant varieties was positively influenced by household size, access to information from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the perception of future climate change, the number of years an individual had lived in the village, and the number and type of assets owned as an indicator of household well-being. Average treatment effect from results showed that stress-tolerant varieties can increase crop income within a range of United States Dollars (USD) 500–864 per hectare per year, representing an 18–32% increase in crop income. The findings offer justification for scaling up stress tolerant varieties among smallholder farmers in northern Uganda to improve their welfare.
dc.format.extent175-186
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0
dc.subjectUganda
dc.subjectStress
dc.subjectAdoption
dc.subjectDrivers
dc.subjectWelfare
dc.subjectScaling
dc.subjectImproved Varieties
dc.titleHousehold Welfare Effects of Stress-Tolerant Varieties in Northern Uganda
dc.typeBook Chapter
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Agroforestry Centre
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.creator.identifierCaroline Mwongera: 0000-0002-4866-9526
cg.creator.identifierKelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X
cg.creator.identifierLeigh Winowiecki: 0000-0001-5572-1284
cg.creator.identifierPeter Läderach: 0000-0001-8708-6318
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.publicationplaceCham, Switzerland
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
local.dspaceid101982
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92798-5_15


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