Impact of modern agricultural technologies on smallholder welfare: Evidence from Tanzania and Ethiopia

Food Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-295

  Asfaw, Solomon ^a   Shiferaw, Bekele ^b   Simtowe, Franklin ^c   Lipper, Leslie ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre CIMMYT   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Endogenous switching; Ethiopia; Household welfare; Impact assessment; Sub saharan africa; Tanzania; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTIVAR; EXPENDITURE; FOOD SECURITY; LEGUME; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; SMALLHOLDER; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

ETHIOPIA; TANZANIA;

EID: 84859994604     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.02.013     Document Type: Article

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