Impact of irrigation technology use on crop yield, crop income and household food security in Nigeria: A treatment effect approach

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dc.contributor.authorAdebayo, Ogunniyi
dc.contributor.authorBolarin, Omonona
dc.contributor.authorOyewale, Abioye
dc.contributor.authorKehinde, Olagunju
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-17T14:42:22Z
dc.date.available2021-06-17T14:42:22Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-03
dc.descriptionPublication history: Accepted - 20 June 2018; Published - 03 July 2018.en_US
dc.description.abstractUsing household survey data from a sample of about 2305 households selected from eighteen states in Nigeria, this paper analyses the impact of irrigation technology usage on crop yield, crop income and household food security in Nigeria among smallholder farmers. The logistic regression estimate revealed that years of education, household size, rainfall information, access to credit, regional dummies are the main drivers of usage decision. The results of the linear regression with endogenous treatment effects showed that irrigation technology use is positively related to crop yield, crop income and household food security. In consistence, the impact analysis using propensity score matching (PSM) also showed a significant and positive effect of irrigation technology use on crop yield, crop income and household food security. We suggest to policy makers, implementers, and any funding agencies with similar interest to further capitalize and scale up the irrigation technology facilities, especially for the poor households, and create more awareness to improve the livelihood of rural households. However, despite the positive impact of irrigation technology use, we contend that other sustainable irrigation sources, such as rainwater harvesting should be used due to possible environmental impact in the excessive use of irrigation technology. Moreover, rained agriculture can be improved with other farming techniques such as agroforestry and soil and water conservation practices.en_US
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/287
dc.identifier.citationAdebayo, O., Bolarin, O., Oyewale, A. and Kehinde, O. (2018) ‘Impact of irrigation technology use on crop yield, crop income and household food security in Nigeria: A treatment effect approach’, AIMS Agriculture and Food, 3(2), pp. 154–171. doi: 10.3934/agrfood.2018.2.154.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2471-2086
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.aimspress.com/article/10.3934/agrfood.2018.2.154
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAIMS Pressen_US
dc.rights© 2018 the Author(s), licensee AIMS Press. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)en_US
dc.subjectirrigationen_US
dc.subjectfood securityen_US
dc.subjectcrop yielden_US
dc.subjecttreatment effect approachen_US
dc.titleImpact of irrigation technology use on crop yield, crop income and household food security in Nigeria: A treatment effect approachen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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