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    The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: a counterfactual analysis

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    Date
    2019-10
    Author
    Manda, J.
    Alene, A.D.
    Tufa, A.H.
    Abdoulaye, T.
    Wossen, T.
    Chikoye, D.
    Manyong, Victor M.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    Adoption of improved agricultural technologies has long been recognized as critical for reducing poverty through increased productivity, incomes, and asset accumulation. Using a nationally representative survey data from a sample of over 1500 households in Nigeria, this paper evaluates the impacts of adoption of improved cowpea varieties on income and asset poverty reduction using an endogenous switching regression model. The results showed that adoption of improved cowpea varieties increased per capita household income and asset ownership by 17 and 24 percentage points, respectively. The results based on the observed and counterfactual income and asset distributions further showed that adoption reduced both income poverty and asset poverty by 5 percentage points. The paper concludes with a discussion of the policy options for increasing adoption and impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.05.027
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/5877
    Non-IITA Authors ORCID
    Julius Mandahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9599-5906
    Arega Alenehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2491-4603
    Adane Tufahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9801-6526
    Tahirou Abdoulayehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8072-1363
    Tesfamicheal Wossen Assfawhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3672-2676
    David Chikoyehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6047-9821
    Victor Manyonghttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2477-7132
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.05.027
    Research Themes
    SOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRICUSINESS
    IITA Subjects
    Cowpea; Grain Legumes; Impact Assessment
    Agrovoc Terms
    Cowpeas; Varieties; Income Generation; Nigeria; Poverty; Technology
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Nigeria
    Journals
    World Development
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