Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya |
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| Institution: | 1. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Uganda Strategic Support Program, P.O. Box 28565, Kampala, Uganda;2. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kampala, Uganda;3. Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August University of Goettingen, 37073 Goettingen, Germany;1. Department of Management and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), 32610 Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia;2. Department of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), 32610, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia;3. Department of Computer Science, London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Rd, Holloway, London N7 8DB, United Kingdom;1. The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan;2. Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan;3. International Platform for Dryland Research and Education, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan;4. College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia;5. Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan;6. Institute for Soil, Climate and Water, Agricultural Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa;7. Center for International Affairs, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan;8. Department of Sustainable Regional Management, University of Applied Forest Sciences, Rottenburg, Germany;1. Department of Sustainable Technology, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Prague 6-Suchdol, 165 00, Czech Republic;2. Department of Economics and Development, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, Prague 6-Suchdol, 165 00, Czech Republic |
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| Abstract: | While tissue culture (TC) technology for vegetative plant propagation is gradually gaining in importance in Africa, rigorous assessment of broader welfare effects for adopting smallholder farm households is lacking. Using survey data and accounting for selection bias in technology adoption, we analyze the impact of TC banana technology on household income and food security in Kenya. To assess food security outcomes, we employ the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) – a tool that has not been used for impact assessment before. Estimates of treatment-effects models show that TC banana adoption, combined with improved crop management, causes considerable increases in farm and household income. Technology adoption also reduces relative food insecurity in a significant way. These results indicate that TC technology can be welfare enhancing for adopting farm households. Adoption should be further promoted through upscaling appropriate technology delivery systems. |
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| Keywords: | Technology adoption Tissue culture Impact assessment Household income Food security |
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