The impact of seed vouchers on poverty reduction among smallholder rice farmers in Nigeria

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dc.creatorAwotide, B.A.
dc.creatorKarimov, A.
dc.creatorDiagne, A.
dc.creatorNakelse, T.
dc.date2013-11
dc.date2021-11-09T08:59:47Z
dc.date2021-11-09T08:59:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T13:18:15Z
dc.descriptionIn response to the global food crisis of 2008, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded an emergency rice initiative (ERI) program to boost rice production in Nigeria. The supplementary seed voucher program, implemented alongside the ERI adopted a randomized control trial to grant randomly selected farmers access to subsidized certified improved rice seed using the seed voucher system (SVS). In this study, we provide a consistent estimate of the impact of the SVS on Poverty reduction, using mixed methodologies such as inverse propensity score weighing (IPSW) and the local average treatment effect (LATE) estimation techniques. Results show that the SVS has a positive and statistically significant impact on annual household income and per capita consumption expenditure. This study shows that availability of good quality seed at an affordable price can raise agricultural productivity, increase household income and contribute to poverty reduction.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/115901
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/55919
dc.languageen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceAwotide, B.A. Karimov, A. Diagne, A. Nakelse, T.The impact of seed vouchers on poverty reduction among smallholder rice farmers in Nigeria.Agricultural Economics.2013, Volume 44:647–658.
dc.subjectseeds
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectrice
dc.subjectresearch
dc.titleThe impact of seed vouchers on poverty reduction among smallholder rice farmers in Nigeria
dc.typeJournal Article

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