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

dc.contributor.authorManda, J.
dc.contributor.authorAlene, A.D.
dc.contributor.authorTufa, A.H.
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, T.
dc.contributor.authorWossen, T.
dc.contributor.authorChikoye, D.
dc.contributor.authorManyong, Victor M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:34:02Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:34:02Z
dc.date.issued2019-10
dc.identifier.citationManda, J., Alene, A.D., Tufa, A.H., Abdoulaye, T., Wossen, T., Chikoye, D. & Manyong, V. (2019). The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: a counterfactual analysis. World Development, 122, 261-271.
dc.identifier.issn0305-750X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/5877
dc.descriptionOpen Access Article; Published online: 12 June 2019
dc.description.abstractAdoption 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.format.extent261-271
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0
dc.subjectCowpeas
dc.subjectVarieties
dc.subjectIncome Generation
dc.subjectNigeria
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectTechnology
dc.titleThe poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: a counterfactual analysis
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions and Markets
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.creator.identifierJulius Manda: 0000-0002-9599-5906
cg.creator.identifierArega Alene: 0000-0002-2491-4603
cg.creator.identifierAdane Tufa: 0000-0001-9801-6526
cg.creator.identifierTahirou Abdoulaye: 0000-0002-8072-1363
cg.creator.identifierTesfamicheal Wossen Assfaw: 0000-0002-3672-2676
cg.creator.identifierDavid Chikoye: 0000-0002-6047-9821
cg.creator.identifierVictor Manyong: 0000-0003-2477-7132
cg.researchthemeSOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRICUSINESS
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.iitasubjectCowpea
cg.iitasubjectGrain Legumes
cg.iitasubjectImpact Assessment
cg.journalWorld Development
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
local.dspaceid105787
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.05.027


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