Is agricultural technology adoption effective in reducing multidimensional poverty? Panel data evidence from Tanzania

IF 6 1区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

Food Policy Pub Date : 2025-07-11 DOI:10.1016/j.foodpol.2025.102904

Mkupete Jaah Mkupete

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Abstract

This paper assesses the impact of agricultural technology adoption on poverty beyond headcount in Tanzania. Specifically, the paper examines the effects of adopting yield-increasing technologies, such as organic fertilizers and improved seeds, as well as risk-reducing technologies, including intercropping, on multidimensional poverty using panel data and an instrumental variable econometric approach. We find that the adoption of climate-smart technologies reduces the risk of a household being deprived in multiple non-monetary welfare dimensions. The largest impact on multidimensional poverty is achieved when these technologies are adopted in combination. Furthermore, adopting the full package of technologies has a more significant impact than adopting either a single technology or a combination of the two. The results also indicate that improved agricultural productivity and increased income from agricultural sales are key mechanisms through which CSA technologies reduce poverty. These findings underscore the importance of promoting bundled CSA adoption strategies to maximize poverty reduction and resilience among smallholder farmers.

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采用农业技术在减少多维贫困方面是否有效？来自坦桑尼亚的小组数据证据

本文评估了坦桑尼亚农业技术采用对人口以外贫困的影响。具体而言，本文使用面板数据和工具变量计量经济学方法检验了采用增产技术（如有机肥和改良种子）以及降低风险技术（包括间作）对多维贫困的影响。我们发现，采用气候智能型技术降低了家庭在多个非货币福利维度上被剥夺的风险。只有将这些技术结合起来加以采用，才能对多维贫困产生最大影响。此外，采用整套技术比采用单一技术或两者的组合具有更大的影响。研究结果还表明，提高农业生产率和增加农产品销售收入是CSA技术减少贫困的关键机制。这些发现强调了推广捆绑CSA采用战略的重要性，以最大限度地减少小农的贫困和抵御能力。

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来源期刊

Food Policy 管理科学-农业经济与政策

CiteScore

11.40

自引率

4.60%

发文量

128

审稿时长

62 days

期刊介绍： Food Policy is a multidisciplinary journal publishing original research and novel evidence on issues in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of policies for the food sector in developing, transition, and advanced economies. Our main focus is on the economic and social aspect of food policy, and we prioritize empirical studies informing international food policy debates. Provided that articles make a clear and explicit contribution to food policy debates of international interest, we consider papers from any of the social sciences. Papers from other disciplines (e.g., law) will be considered only if they provide a key policy contribution, and are written in a style which is accessible to a social science readership.