Adoption of climate-resilient groundnut varieties increases agricultural production, consumption, and smallholder commercialization in West Africa.

ABSTRACT: As part of the climate-smart agriculture approach, the adoption of climate-resilient crop varieties has the potential to build farmers' climate resilience but could also induce agricultural transformation in developing nations. We investigate the relationship between adoption of climate-resilient groundnut varieties and production, consumption, and smallholder commercialization using panel data from Ghana, Mali, and Nigeria. We find adoption of climate-resilient groundnut varieties to increase smallholder production, consumption, and commercialization. The biggest adoption impact gains are observed under the sustained use of these climate-resilient varieties. We show that adoption benefits all households, but the biggest gains are found among smaller producers, suggesting that adoption is

SUBMITTER: Tabe-Ojong MPJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10449883 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature