Can food aid relax farmers’ constraints to adopting climate-adaptive agricultural practices? Evidence from Ethiopia, Malawi and the United Republic of Tanzania

Ada Ignaciuk, Giulia Malevolti, Antonio Scognamillo and Nicholas J. Sitko

No 324073, ESA Working Papers from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA)

Abstract: The adoption of climate-adaptive agricultural practices (CAAPs) among resource-poor smallholder households is typically hindered by liquidity and risk constraints. Using an inverse probability weighted estimator that uses three waves of nationally representative panel survey data from Ethiopia, Malawi and the United Republic of Tanzania, this article examines whether food transfers help overcome barriers to the adoption of selected CAAPs. The results show that in each country analysed, receiving food transfers increase the probability of adopting at least one CAAP.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Security and Poverty; Risk and Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 56 p.
Date: 2022-05-16
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.324073

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