This study provides new evidence of the impact of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) – row planting and drought-tolerant maize varieties - on farm and welfare outcomes by estimating a multinomial endogenous switching regression model that corrects for selection bias and farmer heterogeneity in CSA choice. Application of our model to panel observations of 438 households in Ghana show that adoption of CSA increases both yield and intensity of maize commercialization but negatively affect own consumption. Specifically, the magnitude of the impact is relatively higher for adopters of row planting relative to adopters of drought-tolerant maize seeds. These results suggest the need for development practitioners to increase awareness and emphasize the importance of row planting as a key component of climate-smart agriculture.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104622

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Tahirou Abdoulayehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8072-1363

https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104622

Social Science and Agribusiness

Aflatoxin; Agribusiness; Agronomy; Climate Change; Food Security; Maize; Plant Production

Climate-Smart Agriculture; Regression Analysis; Farms; Welfare Economics; Ghana; Drought Tolerance; Maize

Africa; West Africa

Ghana

Headquarters and Western Africa Hub

Land Use Policy