 Estimating the impact of sericulture adoption on farmer income in Rwanda: an application of propensity score matchingAgrekon, 2017, vol. 56, issue 3, 296-311 Abstract: The adoption of an agricultural technology is often seen as a way to overcome the constraints imposed by the existing resources and/or production methods. As a small landlocked country, Rwanda sought to develop the capability to produce silk, a high value-to-volume ratio product, as a means to overcome the constraints of high transportation cost of exports. Sericulture was also seen as a handy strategy to boost rural farmer income by putting previously less productive land to use for mulberry plantations. Because sericulture was not introduced randomly, this study relied on observational data and applied propensity score matching to estimate its income and poverty reduction effects in six rural districts. The results indicate that sericulture adoption had beneficial effects both on increasing income and reducing poverty. The strengthening of related skills development and the supporting infrastructure remains crucial for the sericulture to successfully diffuse and yield economic benefits commensurate with its potential. Date: 2017 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:ragrxx:v:56:y:2017:i:3:p:296-311 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2017.1361853 Access Statistics for this article Agrekon is currently edited by A. Jooste, National Agricultural Marketing Council More articles in Agrekon from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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