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Evaluating the impact of improved crop varieties in the Sahelian farming systems of Niger

dc.contributor.authorZakari, S.
dc.contributor.authorManda, J.
dc.contributor.authorIbro, G.
dc.contributor.authorMoussa, B.
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, T.
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-11T09:02:41Z
dc.date.available2023-12-11T09:02:41Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.identifier.citationZakari, S., Manda, J., Ibro, G., Moussa, B. & Abdoulaye, T. (2023). Evaluating the impact of improved crop varieties in the Sahelian farming systems of Niger. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 14:100897, 1-9.
dc.identifier.issn2666-1543
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/8347
dc.description.abstractMost people in Niger still rely heavily on agriculture as a source of income. However, low productivity, climate change, soil infertility, pests, and diseases are challenges faced by this sector. As a result, the nation suffers from a severe problem of food insecurity. Many investigations indicate that adopting improved crop varieties(ICVs) increases agricultural productivity. Using information gathered from 1784 farmers, this study assesses the effects of adopting improved crop varieties (ICVs) on household welfare. To analyze the data, we employ endogenous switching regression (ESR) and inverse probability-weighted regression adjustment (IPWRA) techniques. The analysis shows that the ICVs adoption significantly improves household income and food access in Niger's Sahelian region. The ESR model's average treatment effects estimate shows that the ICVs adoption raised per capita income, food expenditure, and household dietary diversity score (HDDS) by 75 %, 1.81 %, and 36.49 %, respectively. The IPWRA model yields similar results. Therefore we conclude that adopting ICVs has substantial dynamic benefits that improve household welfare in Sahel Niger by increasing their probability of escaping poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition. The farmer's knowledge of improved crop varieties significantly influenced favorably the decision to adopt, suggesting that intensifying dissemination and encouraging the promotion of drought-tolerant crop varieties among farmers, development agencies, researchers, and policymakers could be a crucial plan of action to combat poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition in the Sahelian region.
dc.description.sponsorshipRoyal Norwegian Embassy in Mali
dc.format.extent1-9
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectCrops
dc.subjectVarieties
dc.subjectHouseholds
dc.subjectFarming Systems
dc.subjectSahel
dc.titleEvaluating the impact of improved crop varieties in the Sahelian farming systems of Niger
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions and Markets
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryNiger
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidZAKARI:2023a
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectAgronomy
cg.iitasubjectFarming Systems
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.journalJournal of Agriculture and Food Research
cg.notesOpen Access Journal
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100897
cg.iitaauthor.identifierseydou zakari: 0000-0001-5546-0280
cg.iitaauthor.identifierJulius Manda: 0000-0002-9599-5906
cg.iitaauthor.identifierTahirou Abdoulaye: 0000-0002-8072-1363
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cg.identifier.issue100897
cg.identifier.volume14


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