Using Satellite Imagery and a Farmer Registry to Assess Agricultural Support in Conflict Settings

dc.creatorDeininger, Klaus
dc.creatorAli, Daniel Ayalew
dc.date2024-09-20T13:51:52Z
dc.date2024-09-20T13:51:52Z
dc.date2024-09-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:30:29Z
dc.descriptionWhile cash transfers have emerged as an attractive option to minimize negative long-term impacts of conflict, the scope for targeting and assessing their impact in such settings is often challenging. This paper shows how a digital farmer registry in Ukraine (the State Agrarian Register) helped to target and evaluate such a program, using the country’s $50 million Producer Support Grant in a way that largely avoided mis-targeting. The analysis applies a difference-in-differences design with panel data from 2019–23 on crop cover at the parcel/farm level for the universe of eligible farmers registered in the State Agrarian Register. The findings suggest that the program significantly increased area cultivated, although the effect size remained modest. Impacts were most pronounced near the frontline and for the smallest farmers. The paper discusses the implications in terms of a more diversified menu of support options and the scope of using the State Agrarian Register to help to implement these options, as well as lessons beyond Ukraine.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099419209172416949/IDU1adc7f70f1b4fe14bee185cd12a156b1fd77b
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42177
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-10912
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/404825
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; 10912
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectUKRAINE
dc.subjectCONFLICT/WAR
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectCASH GRANTS
dc.subjectREMOTE SENSING
dc.subjectZERO HUNGER
dc.subjectSDG 2
dc.subjectPEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectSDG 16
dc.titleUsing Satellite Imagery and a Farmer Registry to Assess Agricultural Support in Conflict Settings
dc.titleThe Case of the Producer Support Grant Program in Ukraine
dc.typeWorking Paper

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