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标题：Impact of Seed Voucher System on Rice Farmers’ Welfare in Nigeria: A Randomized Control Trial Approach
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作者：Awotide, Bola Amoke ; Awoyemi, Taiwo T. ; Diagne, Aliou 等
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：2012
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：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.
关键词：Impact;seed;voucher;welfare;farmers;Nigeria