Food Security and Productivity: Impacts of Technology Adoption in Small Subsistence Farmers in Bolivia

Arbeitspapier

This paper presents the impact evaluation of CRIAR program, implemented in rural areas in Bolivia. The objective of CRIAR is to increase smallholders' agricultural income and food security through productivity improvements triggered by technological adoption. In this study, we use data from a sample of 1,287 households-817 beneficiaries and 470 controls- interviewed specifically for this evaluation. The econometric approach to estimate the program's impact is an instrumental variable model. This approach addresses possible endogeneity and self-selection issues that might arise from program's implementation. The results present evidence that program participation increased agricultural productivity, household income and improved food security. Overall, this study confirms the importance of considering the role of productive programs as policy tools to address vulnerability to food insecurity.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IDB Working Paper Series ; No. IDB-WP-567

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets ; Agricultural R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services ; Agricultural Policy; Food Policy
• Thema: Technology Adoption ; Food Security ; Productivity ; Instrumental Variables ; Bolivia

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Salazar, Lina ; Aramburu, Julián ; González-Flores, Mario ; Winters, Paul
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
• (wo): Washington, DC
• (wann): 2015

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/115514
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ