Measuring the impacts of adaptation strategies to drought stress: The case of drought tolerant maize varieties.

Abstract:

:This study measured the impacts of drought tolerant maize varieties (DTMVs) on productivity, welfare, and risk exposure using household and plot-level data from rural Nigeria. The study employed an endogenous switching regression approach to control for both observed and unobserved sources of heterogeneity between adopters and non-adopters. Our results showed that adoption of DTMVs increased maize yields by 13.3% and reduced the level of variance by 53% and downside risk exposure by 81% among adopters. This suggests that adoption had a "win-win" outcome by increasing maize yields and reducing exposure to drought risk. The gains in productivity and risk reduction due to adoption led to a reduction of 12.9% in the incidence of poverty and of 83.8% in the probability of food scarcity among adopters. The paper concluded that adoption of DTMVs was not just a simple coping strategy against drought but also a productivity enhancing and welfare improving strategy. The results point to the need for policies and programs aimed at enhancing adoption as an adaptation strategy to drought stress in Nigeria and beyond.

journal_name

J Environ Manage

authors

Wossen T,Abdoulaye T,Alene A,Feleke S,Menkir A,Manyong V

doi

10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.06.058

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-12-01 00:00:00

pages

106-113

issue

Pt 1

eissn

0301-4797

issn

1095-8630

pii

S0301-4797(17)30649-7

journal_volume

203

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