Impact of Seed Voucher System on Rice Farmers’ Welfare in Nigeria: A Randomized Control Trial Approach

Type Conference Paper - International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) Triennial Conference
Title Impact of Seed Voucher System on Rice Farmers’ Welfare in Nigeria: A Randomized Control Trial Approach
Author(s)
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2012
City Foz do Iguacu
Country/State Brazil
URL http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/124995/2/Awotide Brazil-2012-final correction submitted.pdf
Abstract
This study adopted Randomized Control Trial to examine the impact of seed voucher system on farming
households’ welfare in Nigeria using cross-sectional data of 600 rice farmers randomly selected from the
three major rice ecologies of Nigeria. The WALD estimate reveals that the use of seed voucher increased
household Per Capita Expenditure (PCE) by N14705.91. While the result of the Local Average Treatment
Effect (LATE), shows a positive and significant impact of N7928.15 on PCE. Therefore, the use of seed
voucher to grant farmers assess to certified improved rice seed can generate improvement in farmers’
welfare if strongly pursue.

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