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

Soul-kifouly G. Midingoyi (), Menale B. Kassie, Hippolyte D. Affognon, Ibrahim Macharia and Bruno LeRu
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Soul-kifouly G. Midingoyi: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Menale B. Kassie: International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)
Hippolyte D. Affognon: West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research for Development (CORAF/WECARD)
Ibrahim Macharia: Kenyatta University
Bruno LeRu: Génomes, Comportement et Ecologie, groupe IRD, UPR 9034, 22 CNRS

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2024, vol. 26, issue 2, No 89, 5067-5088

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Impact assessment; Biological control; Productivity; Poverty; Continuous treatment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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