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    The poverty impacts of improved soybean technologies in Malawi

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    Date
    2021
    Author
    Hirpa Tufa, A.
    Alene, A.
    Manda, J.
    Feleke, S.
    Assfaw Wossen, T.
    Akinwale, M.G.
    Chikoye, D.
    Manyong, V.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    Improved soybean varieties and agronomic practices have been widely disseminated to smallholder farmers in Malawi over the last 15 years. However, there is no empirical evidence on the welfare impacts of adopting improved soybean technologies. This paper estimated the poverty impacts of adopting improved soybean technologies using data from 1,234 households in six soybean growing districts accounting for over 80% of the total soybean production in the country. The results from an endogenous switching regression model showed that 32% of the sample households adopted improved soybean varieties and agronomic practices. The adoption benefits were higher for female-headed households and increased with the household head’s education and cultivated land areas. A comparison of the observed and counterfactual incomes for adopters based on the international poverty line of US$1.90 per capita per day showed a 4.16 percentage-point reduction in poverty among the sample households, translating to over 150,000 people lifted out of poverty. The household head’s education level, household size, cultivated land area, livestock size, and asset ownership are associated with the daily per capita income. The results point to the need for scaling up of improved soybean varieties and agronomic practices for greater impacts on poverty reduction among smallholders in Malawi.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2021.1939075
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7187
    IITA Authors ORCID
    Adane Tufahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9801-6526
    Arega Alenehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2491-4603
    Julius Mandahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9599-5906
    Shiferaw Felekehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0759-4070
    Tesfamicheal Wossen Assfawhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3672-2676
    Gbenga Akinwalehttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7330-2825
    David Chikoyehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6047-9821
    Victor Manyonghttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2477-7132
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2021.1939075
    Research Themes
    Plant Production and Health; Social Science and Agribusiness
    IITA Subjects
    Agribusiness; Agronomy; Food Security; Grain Legumes; Nutrition; Plant Breeding; Plant Diseases; Plant Health; Plant Production; Smallholder Farmers; Soybean; Value Chains
    Agrovoc Terms
    Soybeans; Poverty; Impacts; Malawi; Agronomic Practices
    Regions
    Africa; Southern Africa
    Countries
    Malawi
    Hubs
    Southern Africa Hub; Eastern Africa Hub
    Journals
    Agrekon
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