Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/242755 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Centre for Land Tenure Studies Working Paper No. 8/17
Publisher: 
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Centre for Land Tenure Studies (CLTS), Ås
Abstract: 
Climate risk represents an increasing threat to poor and vulnerable farmers in drought-prone areas of Africa. This study assesses the fertilizer adoption responses of food insecure farmers in Malawi, where Drought Tolerant (DT) maize was recently introduced. A field experiment, eliciting risk attitudes of farmers, is combined with a detailed farm household survey. A state-contingent production model with rank-dependent utility preferences is estimated. Over-weighting of small probabilities was associated with less use of fertilizer on all maize types and particularly so on the more risky improved maize types.
Subjects: 
Climate risk
state-contingent production
subjective probability weighting
technology adoption
adaptation
maize
Drought Tolerant maize
fertilizer use
JEL: 
C93
D03
O33
Q12
Q18
ISBN: 
978-82-7490-258-9
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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