Poverty Reduction Effects of Agricultural Technology Adoption: A Micro-evidence from Rural Tanzania.

This article evaluates the impact of adoption of improved pigeonpea technologies on consumption expenditure and poverty status using cross-sectional data of 613 households from rural Tanzania. Using multiple econometric techniques, we found that adopting improved pigeonpea significantly increases co...

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Published in:	Journal of Development Studies Vol. 48; no. 9; pp. 1288 - 1306
Main Authors:	Asfaw, Solomon, Kassie, Menale, Simtowe, Franklin, Lipper, Leslie
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2012
Subjects:	Tanzania Poverty Consumption (Economics) Households Econometrics Agricultural research Agricultural technology
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