The impact of the emergency response to the outbreak of the cassava mosaic disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Kinshasaen
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.coverage.countryCongo, Democratic Republic of
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2CD
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.placeIbadan, Nigeriaen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaCAPACITY DEVELOPMENTen
cg.subject.iitaCASSAVAen
cg.subject.iitaDISEASE CONTROLen
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.iitaPLANT DISEASESen
cg.subject.iitaRESEARCH METHODen
dc.contributor.authorRusike, Josephen
dc.contributor.authorMahungu, N.M.en
dc.contributor.authorLukombo, S.S.en
dc.contributor.authorKendenga, T.en
dc.contributor.authorBidiaka, S.M.en
dc.contributor.authorAlene, A.en
dc.contributor.authorLema, A.en
dc.contributor.authorManyong, Victor M.en
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-24T09:44:23Zen
dc.date.available2017-03-24T09:44:23Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/80508
dc.titleThe impact of the emergency response to the outbreak of the cassava mosaic disease in the Democratic Republic of Congoen
dcterms.abstractThis paper evaluates the impact of an emergency research for development project implemented in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2000 to 2009 by a various actors including the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in response to the outbreak of the Cassava Mosaic Disease that threatened the national food security. It applies methods developed in the econometric and statistical treatment effects literature on evaluation of social programs. The study evaluates impact by analyzing changes over time of outcomes of sample households in the project areas compared to neighboring non-project areas. We find that the project had statistically significant positive effects on technology adoption, area planted cassava, productivity, profitability,household food security and aggregate supply response. The effects are strongest among lower tails of distribution of outcomes mostly made up of female-headed households who grew the crop mainly for food. These findings are useful for informing agricultural and food policy debates in Africa.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRusike, J., Mahungu, N.M., Lukombo, S.S., Kendenga, T., Bidiaka, S.M., Alene, A. ...& Manyong, V.M. (2012). The impact of the emergency response to the outbreak of the cassava mosaic disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In: Proceedings of the 11th triennial Symposium of the ISTRC-AB held at Memling Hotel: Tropical roots and tuber crops and the challenges of globalization and climate changes, (pp. 3-30), 4-8 October, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.en
dcterms.extent3-30en
dcterms.issued2012-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Society for Tropical Root Cropsen
dcterms.subjectcassavaen
dcterms.subjectplant diseasesen
dcterms.subjectbiological controlen
dcterms.subjectdemocratic republic of congoen
dcterms.subjectafrican cassava mosaic virusen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.typeConference Proceedings

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