Understanding the Adoption and Impact of Multiple Climate Smart Agricultural Practices: Panel Data Evidence from Nigeria

Nnaemeka Andegbe Chukwuone (), Hailemariam Teklewold, Anthony NwaJesus Onyekuru (), Anthonia Achike (), Ebele Chinelo Amaechina () and Chukwuedozie Ajaero ()
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Nnaemeka Andegbe Chukwuone: Resource and Environmental Policy Research Centre and Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria Nsukka
Anthony NwaJesus Onyekuru: Resource and Environmental Policy Research Centre and Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria Nsukka
Anthonia Achike: Resource and Environmental Policy Research Centre and Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria Nsukka
Ebele Chinelo Amaechina: Resource and Environmental Policy Research Centre and Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nigeria Nsukka
Chukwuedozie Ajaero: Resource and Environmental Policy Research Centre and Department of Geography, University of Nigeria Nsukka

No 21-8, EfD Discussion Paper from Environment for Development, University of Gothenburg

Abstract: Farm-level adoption of a portfolio of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices remains important to climate change adaptation and agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses nationally representative panel data sets in rural Nigeria to understand farm households’ decisions on choices of a range of CSA practices – such as cropping system diversification, improved seeds, and inorganic and organic fertilizers – and assess their combined effect on net farm returns using an endogenous switching treatment effects method. Our results reveal that adoption of CSA practices differs according to the level of asset ownership and incidence of shocks. While adoption of an individual CSA practice increases income compared with non-adoption, the highest farm income was achieved when farmers adopted all practices jointly. We conclude that adoption of multiple CSA practices can enhance farm income.

Keywords: climate-smart agriculture; farm income; climate change; panel data; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q12 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2021-08-24
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