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Can food aid relax farmers’ constraints to adopting climate-adaptive agricultural practices?

Evidence from Ethiopia, Malawi and the United Republic of Tanzania

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 56 p.

Author ​Ignaciuk, A., Malevoli, G., Scognamillo, A., Sitko, N.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-136018-7

Series title FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper

Series number No. 22-01

Synopsis (short abstract) The adoption of climate-adaptive agricultural practices (CAAPs) among resource-poor smallholder households is typically hindered by liquidity and risk constraints. Using an inverse probability weighted estimator that uses three waves of nationally representative panel survey data from Ethiopia, Malawi and the United Republic of Tanzania, this article examines whether food transfers help overcome barriers to the adoption of selected CAAPs. The results show that in each country analysed, receiving food transfers increase the probability of adopting at least one CAAP.

Last updated 01/09/2022

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Ignaciuk, A., Malevoli, G., Scognamillo, A. & Sitko, N. 2022. Can food aid relax farmers’ constraints to adopting climate-adaptive agricultural practices? Evidence from Ethiopia, Malawi and the United Republic of Tanzania. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper 22-01. Rome, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb9395en

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