Estimating the Long-term Effects of a Fruit Fly Eradication Program Using Satellite Imagery

Lina Salazar, Marcos Agurto Adrianzen and Luis Alvarez

No 13038, IDB Publications (Working Papers) from Inter-American Development Bank

Abstract: This analysis applies a regression discontinuity approach combined with remote sensing data to measure the productivity impacts linked to a fruit-fly eradication program, implemented in Peru. For this purpose, satellite imagery was used to estimate a vegetation index over a 10-year span for a sample of 305 producers -155 treated and 150 controls-. The results confirmed that program participation increased agricultural productivity in the short and long terms, in a range from 12% to 49%. However, quantile regression methods suggest that most productive farmers were able to obtain greater impacts.

Keywords: Agricultural productivity; Impact Evaluation; Remote Sensing; Satellite Images; Peru (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q12 Q16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-08
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DOI: 10.18235/0005056

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