Adoption and impact of the maize hybrid on the livelihood of the maize growers: some policy insights from Pakistan

Despite hybrids being grown on 30–40 percent of the maize area in Pakistan, the retail price of hybrid maize seed is high in Pakistan compared with its neighbors in South Asia and beyond. Hence, this paper analyzes the adoption and impact of hybrid maize on livelihoods using a cross-sectional datase...

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Autores: Ali, A., Issa, A.B., Rahut, D.B.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:México
Recursos:Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo
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Palavra-chave:MAIZE
HYBRIDS
LIVELIHOODS
FARMERS
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spelling Adoption and impact of the maize hybrid on the livelihood of the maize growers: some policy insights from PakistanAli, A.Issa, A.B.Rahut, D.B.MAIZEHYBRIDSLIVELIHOODSFARMERSDespite hybrids being grown on 30–40 percent of the maize area in Pakistan, the retail price of hybrid maize seed is high in Pakistan compared with its neighbors in South Asia and beyond. Hence, this paper analyzes the adoption and impact of hybrid maize on livelihoods using a cross-sectional dataset collected from 822 maize growers in Pakistan. The data were collected from two types of farmers: adopters and nonadopters of hybrid maize, from four major provinces of Pakistan (Punjab, Sindh, KPK, and Balochistan). We use the bivariate probit to analyze the factors influencing the adoption of hybrid maize and the propensity score-matching (PSM) approach to analyze the impact of hybrid maize adoption on livelihood of maize growers, as PSM helps correct sample selection biasedness. The empirical result shows that farm size, farm and household assets, the level of education of farmers, access to market, and social networks positively influence the adoption of hybrid maize in Pakistan. The results from PSM revealed that hybrid maize adopters had higher grain yields in the range of 94–124 kgs per hectare as compared with nonadopters. Similarly household income levels were more in the range of Pakistani rupees 2,176–3,518, while the poverty levels were lower in the range of 2-3 percent for hybrid maize adopters. As hybrid maize adoption has had a positive impact on the livelihood of farmers, policies should aim to scale up the adoption of hybrid maize through enhancing the supply and lowering the seed cost through research and subsidy programs, thereby enabling poor farmers in remote areas to adopt hybrid maize varieties.Hindawi Publishing Corporation2020-02-29T01:05:23Z2020-02-29T01:05:23Z2020Published Versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlePDFapplication/pdf2090-908X (Print)https://hdl.handle.net/10883/2076110.1155/2020/59598682020Scientifica5959868reponame:Repositorio Institucional de Publicaciones Multimedia del CIMMYTinstname:Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigoinstacron:CIMMYTEnglishPAKISTANEgyptCIMMYT manages Intellectual Assets as International Public Goods. The user is free to download, print, store and share this work. In case you want to translate or create any other derivative work and share or distribute such translation/derivative work, please contact CIMMYT-Knowledge-Center@cgiar.org indicating the work you want to use and the kind of use you intend; CIMMYT will contact you with the suitable license for that purpose.Open Accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repository.cimmyt.org:10883/207612024-10-11T19:57:26Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Adoption and impact of the maize hybrid on the livelihood of the maize growers: some policy insights from Pakistan
title Adoption and impact of the maize hybrid on the livelihood of the maize growers: some policy insights from Pakistan
spellingShingle Adoption and impact of the maize hybrid on the livelihood of the maize growers: some policy insights from Pakistan
Ali, A.
MAIZE
HYBRIDS
LIVELIHOODS
FARMERS
title_short Adoption and impact of the maize hybrid on the livelihood of the maize growers: some policy insights from Pakistan
title_full Adoption and impact of the maize hybrid on the livelihood of the maize growers: some policy insights from Pakistan
title_fullStr Adoption and impact of the maize hybrid on the livelihood of the maize growers: some policy insights from Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Adoption and impact of the maize hybrid on the livelihood of the maize growers: some policy insights from Pakistan
title_sort Adoption and impact of the maize hybrid on the livelihood of the maize growers: some policy insights from Pakistan
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Ali, A.
Issa, A.B.
Rahut, D.B.
author Ali, A.
author_facet Ali, A.
Issa, A.B.
Rahut, D.B.
author_role author
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Rahut, D.B.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv MAIZE
HYBRIDS
LIVELIHOODS
FARMERS
topic MAIZE
HYBRIDS
LIVELIHOODS
FARMERS
description Despite hybrids being grown on 30–40 percent of the maize area in Pakistan, the retail price of hybrid maize seed is high in Pakistan compared with its neighbors in South Asia and beyond. Hence, this paper analyzes the adoption and impact of hybrid maize on livelihoods using a cross-sectional dataset collected from 822 maize growers in Pakistan. The data were collected from two types of farmers: adopters and nonadopters of hybrid maize, from four major provinces of Pakistan (Punjab, Sindh, KPK, and Balochistan). We use the bivariate probit to analyze the factors influencing the adoption of hybrid maize and the propensity score-matching (PSM) approach to analyze the impact of hybrid maize adoption on livelihood of maize growers, as PSM helps correct sample selection biasedness. The empirical result shows that farm size, farm and household assets, the level of education of farmers, access to market, and social networks positively influence the adoption of hybrid maize in Pakistan. The results from PSM revealed that hybrid maize adopters had higher grain yields in the range of 94–124 kgs per hectare as compared with nonadopters. Similarly household income levels were more in the range of Pakistani rupees 2,176–3,518, while the poverty levels were lower in the range of 2-3 percent for hybrid maize adopters. As hybrid maize adoption has had a positive impact on the livelihood of farmers, policies should aim to scale up the adoption of hybrid maize through enhancing the supply and lowering the seed cost through research and subsidy programs, thereby enabling poor farmers in remote areas to adopt hybrid maize varieties.
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