Household Welfare Effects of Stress-Tolerant Varieties in Northern Uganda

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Agroforestry Centreen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierChris Miyinzi Mwungu: 0000-0001-6181-8445
cg.creator.identifierCaroline Mwongera: 0000-0002-4866-9526
cg.creator.identifierKelvin Mashisia Shikuku: 0000-0003-2290-074X
cg.creator.identifierLeigh Ann Winowiecki: 0000-0001-5572-1284
cg.creator.identifierPeter Läderach: 0000-0001-8708-6318
cg.creator.identifierMariola Acosta: 0000-0003-4456-1283
cg.creator.identifierEdidah Ampaire: 0000-0003-3679-8360
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92798-5_15en
cg.isbn9783319927978en
cg.isbn9783319927985en
cg.placeCham, Switzerlanden
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ccafsPRIORITIES AND POLICIES FOR CSAen
dc.contributor.authorMwungu, Chris Miyinzien
dc.contributor.authorMwongera, Carolineen
dc.contributor.authorShikuku, Kelvin Mashisiaen
dc.contributor.authorAcosta, Mariolaen
dc.contributor.authorAmpaire, Edidah L.en
dc.contributor.authorWinowiecki, Leigh Annen
dc.contributor.authorLäderach, Peter R.D.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-03T14:43:39Zen
dc.date.available2018-12-03T14:43:39Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/98409
dc.titleHousehold Welfare Effects of Stress-Tolerant Varieties in Northern Ugandaen
dcterms.abstractThis study assessed the adoption of stress-tolerant varieties and their effect on household welfare, measured by net crop income per capita in Nwoya District, Uganda. The stress-tolerant varieties were considered to be climate-smart because they stabilise and increase crop income in the presence of climatic shocks. However, the uptake of the stress-tolerant varieties was still low in northern Uganda, due to bad past experience in terms of the performance of other improved varieties. Using data from a random sample of 585 households, a logistic model was estimated to assess the drivers for adoption of stress-tolerant varieties. In addition, a propensity score matching model was employed to assess causal effects. The second model was estimated because it controls for unobserved heterogeneity caused by self-selection bias. Results showed that adoption of stress-tolerant varieties was positively influenced by household size, access to information from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the perception of future climate change, the number of years an individual had lived in the village, and the number and type of assets owned as an indicator of household well-being. Average treatment effect from results showed that stress-tolerant varieties can increase crop income within a range of United States Dollars (USD) 500–864 per hectare per year, representing an 18–32% increase in crop income. The findings offer justification for scaling up stress tolerant varieties among smallholder farmers in northern Uganda to improve their welfare.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2018-11-28
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMwungu, Chis M.; Mwongera, Caroline; Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia; Acosta, Mariola; Ampaire, Edidah L.; Winowiecki, Leigh Ann; Läderach. Peter. 2019. Household Welfare Effects of Stress-Tolerant Varieties in Northern Uganda. In: Rosenstock T., Nowak A., Girvetz E. (eds) The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers. Cham, Switzerland: Springer: 175-186.en
dcterms.extent175-186en
dcterms.issued2019
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/99250en
dcterms.subjectugandaen
dcterms.subjectstressen
dcterms.subjectadoptionen
dcterms.subjectdriversen
dcterms.subjectwelfareen
dcterms.subjectscalingen
dcterms.subjectimproved varietiesen
dcterms.typeBook Chapter

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