Adoption of improved agricultural technology and its impact on household income: a propensity score matching estimation in eastern Ethiopia

Agriculture & Food Security

Jemal Y. Hassen¹  Getachew S. Endris¹  Chanyalew S. Aweke¹  Muluken G. Wordofa¹  Dereje K. Moges¹  Debbebe T. Rorisa² 

[1]College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Haramaya University, P.O.Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

[2]Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Arsi University, Assela, Ethiopia

关键词: Impact;    Agricultural technologies;    Propensity score matching;    Farm income;    Ethiopia;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40066-020-00278-2

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAdoption of improved agricultural technologies remains to be a promising strategy to achieve food security and poverty reduction in many developing countries. However, there are limited rigorous impact evaluations on the contributions of such technologies on household welfare. This paper investigates the impact of improved agricultural technology use on farm household income in eastern Ethiopia.MethodsPrimary data for the study was obtained from a random sample of 248 rural households, 119 of which are improved technology users and the rest are non-users. The research employed the Propensity Score Matching (PSM) procedure to establish the causal relationship between adoption of improved crop and livestock technologies and changes in farm income.ResultsResults from the econometric analysis show that households using improved agricultural technologies had, on average, 23,031.28 Birr (Birr is the official currency of Ethiopia. The exchange rate according to the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) was 1 USD = 27.6017 Birr on 04 October 2018.) higher annual farm income compared to those households not using such technologies. Our findings highlight the importance of promoting multiple and complementary agricultural technologies among rural smallholders.ConclusionsWe suggest that rural technology generation, dissemination and adoption interventions be strengthened. Moreover, the linkage among research, extension, universities and farmers needs to be enhanced through facilitating a multistakeholders innovation platforms.

【 授权许可】

CC BY