Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/81050 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2012/88
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper evaluates the impact of an integrated rural development programme on farming techniques and food security in the Gaza area of rural Mozambique. We examine the impact of a group-based approach, in a country with few impact evaluations of technology adoption in farming. Using self-collected panel data on over 200 households from treatment and control villages from 2008-10, we examine the impact of the aid programme on people living in the treatment villages, using the difference-in-differences approach, and on those who participate in the farmers' groups, using instrumental variables techniques. The results on farming activities and food security indicate some positive immediate impacts on technology adoption and self-reported food security.
Subjects: 
food security
farming techniques
fertilizer use
technology adoption
impact evaluation
Mozambique
JEL: 
O1
O2
ISBN: 
978-92-9230-552-9
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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