Income and yield effects of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) adoption in flood prone areas of Bangladesh: Farm level evidence
Understanding the effects of climate change adaptation measures by smallholder farm households in flood-prone areas remains underdeveloped. Particularly, little is known whether adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) augments crop yield and income. Therefore, we investigate the impact of CSA ad...
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| author | Asma Akter Xianhui Geng Gershom Endelani Mwalupaso Hua Lu Fazlul Hoque Michael Kiraru Ndungu Qasir Abbas |
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| description | Understanding the effects of climate change adaptation measures by smallholder farm households in flood-prone areas remains underdeveloped. Particularly, little is known whether adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) augments crop yield and income. Therefore, we investigate the impact of CSA adoption on yield and income in Bangladesh, one of the countries of the world most vulnerable to climate change and disaster prone. To achieve this, based on primary data from a sample of 600 smallholder farms, the endogenous switching regression (ESR) is applied while controlling for endogeneity issues and selection bias of CSA adoption. For robustness check, propensity score matching (PSM) is applied. Consistent results from both models are found indicating that CSA adoption has yield and income effects on smallholder farms. Interestingly, if non-adopting households are soil salinity conscious and adopt CSA, their yield would increase by 7.55%. In addition, non-adopting households would significantly have tremendous income gains on account of CSA adoption. Results demonstrate that policy support measures for CSA adoption in flood-prone areas can have important implications for food security and poverty eradication through crop yield boosts and income augmentation in line with the purview of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a50f0961d834e3eacce69e052abfceb2022-12-22T04:05:13ZengElsevierClimate Risk Management2212-09632022-01-0137100455Income and yield effects of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) adoption in flood prone areas of Bangladesh: Farm level evidenceAsma Akter0Xianhui Geng1Gershom Endelani Mwalupaso2Hua Lu3Fazlul Hoque4Michael Kiraru Ndungu5Qasir Abbas6College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Department of Management and Finance, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka 1207, BangladeshCollege of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Corresponding author.College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaInstitute of Ecological Civilization, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330013, ChinaDepartment of Agribusiness and Marketing, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka 1207, BangladeshCollege of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, ChinaInstitute of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38000, PakistanUnderstanding the effects of climate change adaptation measures by smallholder farm households in flood-prone areas remains underdeveloped. Particularly, little is known whether adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) augments crop yield and income. Therefore, we investigate the impact of CSA adoption on yield and income in Bangladesh, one of the countries of the world most vulnerable to climate change and disaster prone. To achieve this, based on primary data from a sample of 600 smallholder farms, the endogenous switching regression (ESR) is applied while controlling for endogeneity issues and selection bias of CSA adoption. For robustness check, propensity score matching (PSM) is applied. Consistent results from both models are found indicating that CSA adoption has yield and income effects on smallholder farms. Interestingly, if non-adopting households are soil salinity conscious and adopt CSA, their yield would increase by 7.55%. In addition, non-adopting households would significantly have tremendous income gains on account of CSA adoption. Results demonstrate that policy support measures for CSA adoption in flood-prone areas can have important implications for food security and poverty eradication through crop yield boosts and income augmentation in line with the purview of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096322000626Climate-smart agricultureCrop yieldIncomePoverty eradicationSustainable development goalsBangladesh |
| spellingShingle | Asma Akter Xianhui Geng Gershom Endelani Mwalupaso Hua Lu Fazlul Hoque Michael Kiraru Ndungu Qasir Abbas Income and yield effects of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) adoption in flood prone areas of Bangladesh: Farm level evidence Climate Risk Management Climate-smart agriculture Crop yield Income Poverty eradication Sustainable development goals Bangladesh |
| title | Income and yield effects of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) adoption in flood prone areas of Bangladesh: Farm level evidence |
| title_full | Income and yield effects of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) adoption in flood prone areas of Bangladesh: Farm level evidence |
| title_fullStr | Income and yield effects of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) adoption in flood prone areas of Bangladesh: Farm level evidence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Income and yield effects of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) adoption in flood prone areas of Bangladesh: Farm level evidence |
| title_short | Income and yield effects of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) adoption in flood prone areas of Bangladesh: Farm level evidence |
| title_sort | income and yield effects of climate smart agriculture csa adoption in flood prone areas of bangladesh farm level evidence |
| topic | Climate-smart agriculture Crop yield Income Poverty eradication Sustainable development goals Bangladesh |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096322000626 |
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