To Specialize or Diversify: Agricultural Diversity and Poverty Persistence in Ethiopia
| dc.creator | Josephson, Anna Leigh | |
| dc.creator | Michler, Jeffrey D. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:32:19Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T09:53:28Z | |
| dc.description | This article answers the empirical question: what is the relationship between the choice to specialize or diversify in crop production and household poverty status? We use household panel data from Ethiopia and a recently developed parametric method for estimating dynamic binary response models with endogenous contemporaneous regres- sors. Our results provide evidence that households which grow a diverse set of crops are less likely to be poor. Additionally, crop diversity reduces the probability that a house- hold will fall into poverty and reduces the probability that a household will remain in poverty. We conclude that policies which encourage households to specialize in cash crops may be counter-productive while policies which encourage crop diversification may reduce poverty. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.212459 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/212459/files/Michler-To%20Specialize%20or%20Diversify%20The%20Effect%20of%20Agricultural%20Diversity-485.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/212459 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/613351 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/212459 | |
| dc.title | To Specialize or Diversify: Agricultural Diversity and Poverty Persistence in Ethiopia | |
| dc.type | Text |