The welfare enhancing effects of agricultural innovation platforms and soil monitoring tools on farming household outcomes in southeastern Africa

dc.contributor.authorAbebe, F.
dc.contributor.authorWheeler, S.A.
dc.contributor.authorZuo, A.
dc.contributor.authorBjornlund, H.
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractUtilizing survey information obtained from five irrigation schemes in southeastern Africa, we investigated the influence of agricultural innovation platforms (AIPs) and monitoring tools on a range of farm and household outcome indicators. Doubly robust estimation was used to measure the effects of these interventions, with a variety of other methods used for robustness checks. Involvement in AIP activities and using monitoring tools was found to be statistically associated with increased on-farm income together with an increased capacity to fund child education. Participation in AIPs also had a significant positive influence on off-farm income and reduced food shortages. Moreover, spillover effects were accounted for in the estimations and statistically significant positive effects were found regarding on-farm income for non-participants. These findings suggest that interventions with strong agricultural innovation system approaches in irrigation schemes in Africa could provide significant societal benefits.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityFentahun Abebe, Sarah Ann Wheeler, Alec Zuo, Henning Bjornlund
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2023; 21(1):1-21
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14735903.2023.2184586
dc.identifier.issn1473-5903
dc.identifier.issn1747-762X
dc.identifier.orcidAbebe, F. [0000-0001-9464-1957]
dc.identifier.orcidWheeler, S.A. [0000-0002-6073-3172]
dc.identifier.orcidZuo, A. [0000-0003-0425-4633]
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2440/138097
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140100773
dc.rights© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14735903.2023.2184586
dc.subjectAgricultural innovation platforms; irrigation; monitoring tools; spillovers; doubly robust estimation
dc.titleThe welfare enhancing effects of agricultural innovation platforms and soil monitoring tools on farming household outcomes in southeastern Africa
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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