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dc.contributor.authorOlagunju, K.O.
dc.contributor.authorOgunniyi, A.I.
dc.contributor.authorAwotide, B.A.
dc.contributor.authorAdenuga, A.H.
dc.contributor.authorAshagidigbi, W.M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-21T08:16:38Z
dc.date.available2020-05-21T08:16:38Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-23
dc.identifier.citationOlagunju, K.O., Ogunniyi, A.I., Awotide, B.A., Adenuga, A.H. & Ashagidigbi, W.M. (2019). Evaluating the distributional impacts of drought-tolerant maize varieties on productivity and welfare outcomes: an instrumental variable quantile treatment effects approach. Climate and Development, 1-11.
dc.identifier.issn1756-5529
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/6836
dc.description.abstractIn an attempt to go beyond the conventional mean impact assessment of agricultural interventions, this paper examines the distributional impacts of adoption of drought-tolerant maize varieties (DTMVs) on the productivity and welfare outcomes of rural farming households in Nigeria. The study employed a conditional instrumental variable quantile treatment effects approach to control for selection bias that may arise from both observed and unobserved factors. The empirical findings revealed that adoption significantly impacts the distributions of maize yield and farming households’ welfare. In particular, the effects of adoption are larger at the lower tails of the distributions of yield and welfare outcomes, suggesting that the strategic roles of DTMVs adoption in raising productivity and reducing poverty are better among poor farming households. These findings emphasize that effective targeting and dissemination of improved agricultural technologies are critical for increasing maize yield and improving welfare outcomes of rural farmers in Nigeria. Policy measures targeted at tackling dissemination constraints, such as the promotion of informal seed sector, may help enhance the successful dissemination and adoption of DTMVs or any agricultural intervention without masking out any sub-groups.
dc.description.sponsorshipBill and Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.description.sponsorshipCGIAR Research Program on Maize
dc.description.sponsorshipInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
dc.description.sponsorshipInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectImpact Assessment
dc.subjectDrought Tolerance
dc.subjectLivelihoods
dc.subjectYields
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectMaize
dc.titleEvaluating the distributional impacts of drought-tolerant maize varieties on productivity and welfare outcomes: an instrumental variable quantile treatment effects approach
dc.typeArticle
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.affiliationAgri-Food and Biosciences Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationFederal University of Technology, Akure
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidOLAGUNJU:2019
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectImpact Assessment
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.iitasubjectMaize
cg.journalClimate and Development
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2019.1701401


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