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Does digital finance improve welfare effects of maize farmers’ productivity gains?

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  • Salimata Traoré
  • Richard K. Moussa

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Purpose - In Burkina Faso, maize is a key component in farm households’ food security and welfare. However, maize productivity in the country is low and productivity improvements do not necessarily result in better living conditions. This paper aims to establish linkages between maize productivity and welfare by considering the context of digital finance adoption for farmers in Burkina Faso. Design/methodology/approach - For this purpose, we use an endogenous switching regression approach on the Burkina Faso’s Living Standard Measurement Survey of 2018. Findings - Our estimates show that digital finance adoption enhances the transmission of productivity gains to farm households’ welfare, with the welfare elasticity of maize productivity almost twice higher for digital finance adopters. Social implications - Our findings highlight the importance of increasing the access to digital finance to improve farm household welfare. Originality/value - This manuscript makes the valuable contribution of analysing the heterogeneity of the transmission of agricultural productivity to welfare, with a focus on the identification of the role of digital finance. Peer review - The peer review history for this article is available at:https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-01-2024-0077

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  • Salimata Traoré & Richard K. Moussa, 2024. "Does digital finance improve welfare effects of maize farmers’ productivity gains?," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 52(7), pages 1052-1067, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:ijsepp:ijse-01-2024-0077
    DOI: 10.1108/IJSE-01-2024-0077
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    Keywords

    Digital finance; Productivity; Welfare; Burkina Faso; I31; Q12; Q14;
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    JEL classification:

    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • Q14 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Finance

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