Business and Economics Journal

Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Impacts of Extension Services and Social Capital Influence on Conservation Agriculture Adoption and Household Food Security Improvements
  Author(s): Woldegebrial Zeweld*, Assefa Hidgot and Gebrecherkos Gebregiorgis
  
  There are limited empirical studies that explore how agricultural extension services and local institutions influence conservation agriculture adoption and household food security. Hence, this paper aims to investigate the potential impacts of extension services and local institutions (social capital) on conservation agriculture and food security. A cross-sectional data is collected from 350 randomly selected farmers in northern Ethiopia. The propensity matching method and endogenous switching regression are used to control for selection bias from observed and unobserved factors. Results indicate that extension services and social capital have significant and positive effects on adopting conservation agriculture and improving household food security. Farmers under the treated groups have higher per capita food consumption, per capita expenditure and food security levels.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2151-6219.2021.12.364

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