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Original language | English |
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Article number | 32 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-22 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Horticulturae |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2 Jun 2020 |
Abstract
The level of agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa remains far below the global average. This is partly due to the scarce use of production-and process-enhancing technologies. This study aims to explore the driving forces and effects of adopting innovative agricultural technologies in food value chains (FVC). These enhancing FVC technologies are referred to as upgrading strategies (UPS) and are designed to improve specific aspects of crop production, postharvest processing, market interaction, and consumption. Based on cross-sectional data collected from 820 Tanzanian farm households, this study utilized the adaptive lasso to analyse the determinants of UPS. To measure the impact of their adoption on well-being, this study applied the propensity score matching approach (PSM). Results from the adaptive lasso suggested that access to credit, experience of environmental shocks and social capital were the main drivers of UPS adoption. In contrast, the engagement in off-farm wage employment impeded adoption. The results from the PSM suggested that UPS adoption has a positive and significant impact on well-being among sampled households, especially with respect to their total value of durable goods and commercialization. The paper suggests that the promotion of social capital and access to financial capital is pivotal in enhancing the adoption of innovative UPS in the farming sector.
Keywords
- Adaptive lasso, Innovations, Propensity score matching, Tanzania, Value chain analysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Plant Science
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all)
- Horticulture
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Horticulturae, Vol. 6, No. 2, 32, 02.06.2020, p. 1-22.
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T1 - A strategic approach to value chain upgrading—adopting innovations and their impacts on farm households in tanzania
AU - Steffens, Jesse
AU - Brüssow, Kathleen
AU - Grote, Ulrike
N1 - Funding Information: Acknowledgments: This publication is a product of the project “Innovating Strategies to Safeguard Food Security using Technology and Knowledge Transfer: A People-centered Approach (TransSEC)” (http://www.trans-sec. org/) funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and cofinanced by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The views expressed are those of the authors and may not under any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the BMBF and BMZ.
PY - 2020/6/2
Y1 - 2020/6/2
N2 - The level of agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa remains far below the global average. This is partly due to the scarce use of production-and process-enhancing technologies. This study aims to explore the driving forces and effects of adopting innovative agricultural technologies in food value chains (FVC). These enhancing FVC technologies are referred to as upgrading strategies (UPS) and are designed to improve specific aspects of crop production, postharvest processing, market interaction, and consumption. Based on cross-sectional data collected from 820 Tanzanian farm households, this study utilized the adaptive lasso to analyse the determinants of UPS. To measure the impact of their adoption on well-being, this study applied the propensity score matching approach (PSM). Results from the adaptive lasso suggested that access to credit, experience of environmental shocks and social capital were the main drivers of UPS adoption. In contrast, the engagement in off-farm wage employment impeded adoption. The results from the PSM suggested that UPS adoption has a positive and significant impact on well-being among sampled households, especially with respect to their total value of durable goods and commercialization. The paper suggests that the promotion of social capital and access to financial capital is pivotal in enhancing the adoption of innovative UPS in the farming sector.
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