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Is it Smart to be Climate-Smart? The Efficiency of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Tanzania

Ekman, Beata LU (2021) EKHS34 20211
Department of Economic History
Abstract
Does it pay to adopt Climate-Smart Practices? Despite the general understanding that CSA practices or innovative land management methods increase farmers’ food security, the key to the current debate within the literature is to understand the extent to which CSA practices explain differences in farmers’ productivity and resilience to climatic shocks. To fill this gap, this study examines the variation in crop yields among Tanzanian farmers across three CSA practices: intercropping, inorganic fertilization, and improved seeding. By using panel data collected by the National Bureau of Statistics in Tanzania (NBS) between 2008-2011, a plot-level analysis concluded that intercropping and inorganic fertilization are positively associated with... (More)
Does it pay to adopt Climate-Smart Practices? Despite the general understanding that CSA practices or innovative land management methods increase farmers’ food security, the key to the current debate within the literature is to understand the extent to which CSA practices explain differences in farmers’ productivity and resilience to climatic shocks. To fill this gap, this study examines the variation in crop yields among Tanzanian farmers across three CSA practices: intercropping, inorganic fertilization, and improved seeding. By using panel data collected by the National Bureau of Statistics in Tanzania (NBS) between 2008-2011, a plot-level analysis concluded that intercropping and inorganic fertilization are positively associated with increased productivity (kg/acre), increasing crop yields by 59 and 54 percent respectively. Climatic shocks, while reducing productivity across all plots, were less damaging in plots where intercropping and inorganic fertilization occurred. (Less)
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author
Ekman, Beata LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHS34 20211
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Climatic shocks, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Crop Productivity, Tanzania
language
English
id
9055012
date added to LUP
2021-06-24 13:18:11
date last changed
2021-08-04 08:49:23
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  abstract     = {{Does it pay to adopt Climate-Smart Practices? Despite the general understanding that CSA practices or innovative land management methods increase farmers’ food security, the key to the current debate within the literature is to understand the extent to which CSA practices explain differences in farmers’ productivity and resilience to climatic shocks. To fill this gap, this study examines the variation in crop yields among Tanzanian farmers across three CSA practices: intercropping, inorganic fertilization, and improved seeding. By using panel data collected by the National Bureau of Statistics in Tanzania (NBS) between 2008-2011, a plot-level analysis concluded that intercropping and inorganic fertilization are positively associated with increased productivity (kg/acre), increasing crop yields by 59 and 54 percent respectively. Climatic shocks, while reducing productivity across all plots, were less damaging in plots where intercropping and inorganic fertilization occurred.}},
  author       = {{Ekman, Beata}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Is it Smart to be Climate-Smart? The Efficiency of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Tanzania}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}