The Case of Mozambique: The Importance of Management Training for Rice Farming in Rainfed Areas

Kei Kajisa and Trang Thu Vu ()
Additional contact information
Trang Thu Vu: Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Chapter Chapter 6 in Rice Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2023, pp 111-140 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter assesses the results of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of management training for rice farming in remote rainfed lowland areas of Mozambique. The training taught basic practices but did not require the use of modern purchased inputs such as inorganic fertilizers or modern varieties, which are not easily available to poor farmers in remote areas. The intention-to-treat (ITT) effect on paddy yield was 447–546 kg/ha (29–36% of the control group average yield) with statistical significance at 7–8%. Our analysis also demonstrates that this increase was achieved when key improved management practices were adopted as a package because of the complementarity of the improved practices. These results indicate that the adoption of the practice package alone can improve rice yield substantially even without modern inputs.

Date: 2023
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:nrmchp:978-981-19-8046-6_6

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9789811980466

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8046-6_6

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Natural Resource Management and Policy from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().