Título

Economic impacts of fall armyworm and its management strategies: evidence from southern Ethiopia

Autor

Menale Kassie

Tesfamicheal Wossen Assfaw

Hugo De Groote

tadele tefera

Subramanian Sevgan

Nivel de Acceso

Acceso Abierto

Licencia

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Materias

CIENCIAS AGROPECUARIAS Y BIOTECNOLOGÍA - (CTI) SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA - (AGROVOC) CONTROL METHODS - (AGROVOC) PEST CONTROL - (AGROVOC) MAIZE - (AGROVOC) PRODUCTIVITY - (AGROVOC) SALES - (AGROVOC) CONSUMPTION - (AGROVOC)

Resumen o descripción

This paper explores the economic implications of fall armyworm (FAW) and its management strategies by exploiting exogenous variation in FAW exposure amongst households in southern Ethiopia. We find that FAW exposure affects maize yield and sales negatively, but not consumption. Furthermore, we find evidence of crowding-in and intensification of insecticide use in response to FAW exposure. We also find suggestive evidence that existing extension service arrangements lack the capacity to deal with emerging threats such as FAW. Results imply that targeted interventions aimed at improving the effectiveness of control measures and institutional capacity would be key to reduce the adverse effects of FAW.

Fecha de publicación

2020

Tipo de publicación

Artículo

Recurso de información

https://hdl.handle.net/10883/20822

Formato

application/pdf

Idioma

Inglés

Audiencia

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