Can food-for-work encourage agricultural production?

Sosina Bezu () and Stein Holden ()

Food Policy, 2008, vol. 33, issue 6, 541-549

Abstract: Food-for-work (FFW) is the most widely used type of public works program in Ethiopia through which a high share of the food aid is distributed. This paper assesses the impacts of FFW in Tigray, a chronically food insecure region in Ethiopia, in terms of relieving liquidity constraints and thereby improving input use in agriculture. A Heckman selection model on the adoption and intensity of fertilizer use demonstrated that FFW positively influenced the decision to adopt fertilizer and there was no evidence of disincentive effect.

Keywords: Food-for-work; Food; aid; Liquidity; constraint; Fertilizer; Poverty; Tigray; Ethiopia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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