Nexus of Cash Crop Production Using Improved Varieties and Household Food Security

• Published in: European journal of development research Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 1803 - 1830
• Main Authors: Eshetie, Aseres Mamo, Matafwali, Eunice, Mwalupaso, Gershom Endelani, Li, Jie, Liu, Aijun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Palgrave Macmillan UK 01.08.2022; Palgrave Macmillan
• Subjects: Adoption of innovations; Agricultural extension; Agricultural production; Cooperation; Crops; Development and Social Change; Development Economics; Development Policy; Development Studies; Endogenous; Expenditures; Farmers; Food consumption; Food security; Households; Insecurity; Institutes; Networking; Original Article; Propensity; Social Sciences; Technology; Technology adoption; Consumption expenditure; Sesame varieties; Cash crop; Food security; Ethiopia

This study evaluates the impact of adopting improved sesame varieties on farm household food security using the data collected in 2018 from potential sesame-growing districts in northwestern Ethiopia. Selectivity and endogeneity probleSms were addressed by endogenous switching regression and the pro...