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The Adoption of Climate-Smart Practices and its Impact on Farm Income: The Case of Arid Namibia

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  • Bezabih, Mintewab

    (Environment and Climate Research Center, Policy Studies Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

  • Tibesigwa, Byela

    (University of Dar es Salaam)

  • Visser, Martine

    (EPRU)

Abstract

This study assesses the adoption of climate smart agricultural practices in arid Namibia and their impact on agricultural income. The estimation relies on multinomial endogenous switching regression estimations so as to account for simultaneous availability of multiple adaptation technologies, heterogeneity in adaptation, and possible selection bias in adoption. The analysis focused on comparing the impact on farm (crop and livestock) revenues of alternative adaptation technologies. Comparison of the relative importance of alternative adaptation practices shows that adaptation, all in all, leads to gains in farm income. We also found interesting results from singular versus combination adoption, with the former having higher impact on income as the number of diverse activities increases. This finding suggests that, given the diverse nature of Namibian agriculture, adoption of cross-sectoral practices is not always beneficial.

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  • Bezabih, Mintewab & Tibesigwa, Byela & Visser, Martine, 2021. "The Adoption of Climate-Smart Practices and its Impact on Farm Income: The Case of Arid Namibia," EfD Discussion Paper 21-2, Environment for Development, University of Gothenburg.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:gunefd:2021_002
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    Keywords

    climate-smart agriculture; combination of strategies; dryland smallholder farm household farm income; multinomial endogenous switching regression; Namibia;
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    JEL classification:

    • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment

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