Determinants and impact of the adoption of improved management practices: Case of freshwater prawn farming in Bangladesh

Kazal, Mohammad Mizanul Haque; Rahman, Md. Sadique; Rayhan, Shah Johir

doi:10.1016/j.aqrep.2020.100448

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“…As a result, farmers active in non-agricultural organizations may not receive adequate information about new agricultural technology, which may discourage adoption. Previous research also shows that involvement in society organizations can decrease the likelihood of agricultural technology adoption ( Neupane et al., 2002 ; Tigabie et al., 2013 ; Kazal et al., 2020 ).…”

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“…The MVTE models have conditional independence and sufficient overlap assumption ( Ma et al., 2021 ). In addition, MVTE models work through observed characteristics; as a result, bias for unobservable characteristics may exist ( Kazal et al., 2020 ). These requirements were fulfilled through introducing a large set of independent variables ( Table 1 ) into the treatment model.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Intensity of adoption and welfare impacts of drought-tolerant rice varieties cultivation in Bangladesh

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“…This study employed IPWRA and IPW models to analyse the impact of certification on food vending. Wooldridge (2010) proposed the IPWRA model, noted as doubly robust estimator and has been applied in various researches on impact analysis (Lu et al , 2021; Israel et al , 2020; Kazal et al , 2020; Tambo and Mockshell, 2018; Rahman et al , 2018; Manda et al , 2018).…”

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Examining the nexus between food retailers certification and its impacts

Bannor

Amfo

Oppong-Kyeremeh

2022

IJRDM

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PurposeThe authors assessed the certification of street food retailers in Ghana in terms of awareness, training, willingness to be certified, determinants, agreement with certification requirements and impacts on performance.Design/methodology/approachPrimary data was sourced from 200 street food retailers. Descriptive statistics, Likert scale, mean comparison test, heteroskedastic probit, inverse-probability-weighted regression adjustment (IPWRA), inverse probability weights (IPW) and augmented inverse-probability weighting (AIPW) were applied.FindingsMost uncertified retailers were willing to be certified. Awareness about certification was high. Most of the certified retailers had been trained on certification, while most uncertified retailers had not been trained. Being a female, being educated, being a migrant vendor, possessing experience in retailing, training in certification, trust in the local certification process, the amount spent in preparing food and the number of customers are crucial variables that increase the probability of being certified among street food vendors. Street food retailers agreed to all the requirements for certification. Certification boosts the performance of street food retailers in terms of the number of customers and contracts received. Training on certification is recommended for street food retailers.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitation of this study is mainly due to the type of food retailers selected. Street food vending in Ghana is done among those who cook food for selling, those who sell processed products such as drinks and those who sell vegetables and other uncooked agriproducts. Meanwhile, the authors selected unorganised retailers who primarily cook local and regional dishes for sale in this study. Thus, the study did not include organised food retailers such as restaurants. Therefore, generalising the study results for street food vendors should be made with caution.Originality/valueSeveral studies have been conducted on street food retailing across the globe on knowledge of food-safety practices, risk practices, bacterial contamination of street retailing food, toxicological hazards of street foods and compliance with technical and hygienic requirements by street food retailers, among others. However, empirical studies on the certification/licensing of street food retailers and its impact have been given little attention. As a result, this study investigates the certification of street food retailers and its impacts on retailers' performance in Ghana.

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“…Therefore, to analyse the impact of off-grid system usage on an outcome such as livelihoods and environmental characteristics of the respondents, the IPWRA model was adopted by this study. The model, proposed by Wooldridge (2010), has been used by several studies in impact analysis (Lu et al , 2021; Israel et al , 2020; Kazal et al , 2020; Tambo and Mockshell, 2018; Manda et al , 2018). The IPWRA, noted as a doubly robust estimator, applies reweighting and jointly regression-adjustment approaches to estimate the mean treatment effects on the treated (ATT) and potential mean outcomes (Lu et al , 2021; Manda et al , 2018).…”

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Unwrapping the nexus between the off-grid system and its impact on the islands and remote villages of Ghana

Bannor

Amfo

Sarquah

et al. 2022

IJESM

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Purpose This study aims to focus on the nexus between off-grid systems and impacts on islands and remote villages in Ghana by investigating the sources and cost of energy, willingness to pay for electricity and impacts of off-grid energy on the local economy, education, health, social activities, the environment and migration. Design/methodology/approach Data were obtained from 110 households; heterogeneous impact analysis of off-grid technologies, average treatment effect by inverse probability weights (IPW) and inverse probability weighted regression adjustment (IPWRA) models were used to analyse the data. Findings The sources of energy are gas, kerosene, wood fuel and dry-cell battery. All households in communities with neither electricity nor off-grid system were willing to pay for electricity. Households without off-grid systems (US$8.1) were willing to pay higher amounts per month for electricity. The off-grid technologies improve the local economy, social activities, security, the environment, education and health as well as reduce out-migration. Originality/value Most of the literature on mini-grid/off-grid systems have been from the engineering and the technical perspective, with a few on the socioeconomic impacts of the systems and consumer engagements. Besides, methods including descriptive statistics, energy technology sustainability framework and qualitative analysis were used in these studies. Nevertheless, the authors used a more rigorous method of the doubly robust inverse probability weighted regression adjustment model and a heterogeneous method to model the impact analysis of off-grid systems.

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Determinants and impact of the adoption of improved management practices: Case of freshwater prawn farming in Bangladesh

Cited by 8 publications

References 25 publications

Intensity of adoption and welfare impacts of drought-tolerant rice varieties cultivation in Bangladesh

Intensity of adoption and welfare impacts of drought-tolerant rice varieties cultivation in Bangladesh

Examining the nexus between food retailers certification and its impacts

Unwrapping the nexus between the off-grid system and its impact on the islands and remote villages of Ghana

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