Irrigation adoption: A potential avenue for reducing food insecurity among rice farmers in Beni

dc.contributor.authorNonvide, G.M.A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-13T13:06:45Z
dc.date.available2024-05-13T13:06:45Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractSince the 1960s, the government of Benin has invested in the development of canal irrigation schemes in order to intensify food crop production and reduce food insecurity. This paper em ployed an ordered probit model with sample selection to assess the potential of irrigation in reducing food insecurity in the municipality of Malanville, Benin. The results show that 60% of the irrigation farmers and 46% of the dry land farmers were food secure. Adoption of irrigation has a positive effect on food security. Other variables explaining food security are education, informal training, credit, extension services, use of improved seed, fertilizer and herbicide ap plication, farm and off-farm income. The study recommends that efforts to rehabilitate current irrigation scheme and develop other schemes should be intensified.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.wre.2018.05.002
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/41820
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWater Resources and Economicsen_US
dc.subjectIrrigationen_US
dc.subjectFood insecurityen_US
dc.subjectItem response theoryen_US
dc.titleIrrigation adoption: A potential avenue for reducing food insecurity among rice farmers in Benien_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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