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Estimating the impact of biological control of maize stemborers on productivity and poverty in Kenya: a continuous treatment approach

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/12119/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-023-02924-8
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-02924-8
 
Title Estimating the impact of biological control of maize stemborers on productivity and poverty in Kenya: a continuous treatment approach
 
Creator Midingoyi, S G
Kassie, M B
Affognon, H D
Macharia, I
LeRu, B
 
Subject Impact Assessment
Poverty
 
Description This study examines the farm-level effects of stemborers’ biological control (BC) using biological and household survey data collected in rural Kenya. The authors use a continuous treatment impact-evaluation method to estimate BC’s average and marginal treatment effects. Findings indicate that, on average, a one percent increase in the intensity of BC increases maize yield by 9.3 kg per hectare and reduces the poverty level of maize-growing farm households by 0.5%. Developing and promoting biological control can be seen as an additional tool in the fight against food insecurity and poverty in Africa through controlling important pests.
 
Publisher Springer Netherlands
 
Date 2023-01-07
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/12119/1/Environment%2C%20Development%20and%20Sustainability_2023.pdf
Midingoyi, S G and Kassie, M B and Affognon, H D and Macharia, I and LeRu, B (2023) Estimating the impact of biological control of maize stemborers on productivity and poverty in Kenya: a continuous treatment approach. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 01-22. ISSN 1573-2975