Drivers of adoption and impacts of the improved GEM parboiling system for rice value chain upgrading on livelihood of women rice parboilers in Benin

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationAfrica Rice Centeren_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeWest and Central African Food Systems Transformationen_US
cg.coverage.countryBeninen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BJen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierAminou Arouna: 0000-0001-9118-472Xen_US
cg.creator.identifierSali Atanga Ndindeng: 0000-0002-2403-8076en_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
dc.contributor.authorArouna, A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAboudou, R.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNdindeng, S.A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-10T07:03:25Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-02-10T07:03:25Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/128639en_US
dc.titleDrivers of adoption and impacts of the improved GEM parboiling system for rice value chain upgrading on livelihood of women rice parboilers in Beninen_US
dcterms.abstractFood insecurity and child malnutrition remain persistent problems in sub-Saharan Africa. Rice is a staple food for more than half of the world’s population. However, white rice is poor in micronutrients and records higher glycemic values compared to parboiled rice. An improved parboiling system called “Grain quality enhancer, Energy-efficient and durable Material” (GEM in short) allows the processing of quality rice with better physical and nutritional properties compared to traditional systems. This paper assessed the drivers and impact of the adoption of the GEM system on women’s livelihoods. A total of 822 rice women parboilers were randomly sampled and interviewed in Benin, in regions where the GEM system was introduced. We employed the endogenous switching regression model (ESR) to assess the impact of the GEM system. We found evidence that adoption of the GEM system increased women parboilers’ rice output rate (milling return), income and food security and reduced poverty. The impact of the GEM system is estimated at 14.4 kg of milled rice per 100 kg of paddy (21%), equivalent to US$ 7.3 of additional income (18%). A significantly lower poverty rate of 26% was found among households due to the adoption of the GEM system. These results are supported by women’s perceptions that the output rate, better nutritional value and reduction of broken rice during milling are major advantages of the improved parboiling system. Policy actions such as training of local fabricators and credit options are required for out-scaling and sustainability of the improved parboiling system.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationArouna, A., Aboudou, R. and Ndindeng, S.A. 2022. Drivers of adoption and impacts of the improved GEM parboiling system for rice value chain upgrading on livelihood of women rice parboilers in Benin. Paper prepared for Tropentag 2022, Prague, Czech Republic, 14-16 September 2022.en_US
dcterms.extent4p.en_US
dcterms.issued2022-09-16en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.subjectriceen_US
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen_US
dcterms.subjectvalue chainsen_US
dcterms.subjectwomenen_US
dcterms.typeConference Paperen_US

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