Multiplier effects of some complementary agricultural practices: Evidence from rice in Ecuador

IF 3.5 3区经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Outlook on Agriculture Pub Date : 2023-02-28 DOI:10.1177/00307270231160241

Silverio Alarcón, Víctor H. Lema

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Abstract

Rice is a crop that contributes significantly both to food security and to ensure adequate income levels for farmers. This motivates efforts in many countries to disseminate techniques that increase production while being environmentally friendly and affordable to small farmers. The objective of this article is to study the process of adoption of innovations in rice cultivation in Ecuador. Four practices that increase yields and improve natural resource management have been selected: land leveling, certified seed, widely spaced transplanting, and the use of harvesting machinery. The factors that most influence their adoption are studied for each of them: human and social capital, and institutional support for agriculture. In addition, the interrelations of some practices with others are analyzed. Multivariate probit estimation shows that education is the main factor that increases the probability of adopting these practices. And with unequal incidence are associationism, access to credit and insurance. The complementarities found between different practices point to the convenience of promoting them jointly to take advantage of their synergies.

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一些互补农业实践的乘数效应:来自厄瓜多尔水稻的证据

水稻是一种对粮食安全和确保农民适当收入水平都有重大贡献的作物。这促使许多国家努力传播既能提高产量，又对环境友好且小农负担得起的技术。本文的目的是研究厄瓜多尔水稻种植采用创新技术的过程。选择了四种提高产量和改善自然资源管理的做法:平整土地、认证种子、宽间距移植和使用收获机械。对每一种方法的采用影响最大的因素进行了研究:人力和社会资本以及对农业的制度支持。此外，还分析了一些实践与其他实践的相互关系。多元概率估计表明，教育是增加采用这些做法的概率的主要因素。与不平等发生率的是关联主义，获得信贷和保险的机会。不同实践之间的互补性表明，共同促进它们以利用它们的协同效应是方便的。

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Outlook on Agriculture 农林科学-农业综合

CiteScore

5.60

自引率

13.30%

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审稿时长

>36 weeks

期刊介绍： Outlook on Agriculture is a peer reviewed journal, published quarterly, which welcomes original research papers, research notes, invited reviews and commentary for an international and interdisciplinary readership. Special attention is paid to agricultural policy, international trade in the agricultural sector, strategic developments in food production, the links between agricultural systems and food security, the role of agriculture in social and economic development, agriculture in developing countries and environmental issues, including natural resources for agriculture and climate impacts.