High Value Crop Commercialization and Women’s Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Panel Insights Reinforced by Double Machine Learning and Quasi-Experiments
We examine how agricultural commercialization relates to women’s empowerment across Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Nigeria using LSMS-ISA household panels (2010–2020), a modified A-WEAI (5DE), two-way fixed effects, Double Machine Learning, and propensity-score matched difference-in-differences. Entry into markets (extensive margin) is consistently associated positively with empowerment where identification is strongest: PSM-DiD shows noticeable gains when households begin selling any crops—especially in Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Nigeria—and positive correlations when existing sellers add cash crops to sales in Malawi (Ethiopia marginal).
Social Learning and Peer Influence in Smallholder Commercialization
This paper examines how peer behavior influences small-scale producers’ (SSPs) decisions to purchase inputs and sell outputs in six sub-Saharan African countries. Using comparable nationally representative panel data and a correlated random effects framework, we assess the extent and shape of social interactions driving input and output market participation.
Welfare and Opportunities for Small-Scale Producers and MSMEs in Rural Africa: An Econometric Analysis
This study examines how participation in commercial agriculture and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) is associated with inclusive development outcomes for small-scale producers (SSPs) across six African countries representing diverse income levels.
Inception Workshop, March 2024 – INCATA
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Presentations in external meetings – INCATA
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Taller inaugural del proyecto INCATA: Transformando la agricultura en África y Asia
El proyecto INCATA: Linked Farms and Enterprises for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa and Asia la reunión se realizó del 1 al 5 de abril en las oficinas de la Fundación Bill & Melinda Gates en Washington DC, Estados Unidos.
Inception Workshop for Project INCATA: Transforming Agriculture in Africa and Asia
The Project INCATA: Linked Farms and Enterprises for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa and Asia kicked off with its Inception Workshop held from April 1st to April 5th at the offices of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Washington DC, USA.
Project Outputs – INCATA
Facebook Instagram Twitter Youtube Linkedin Working documents Evidence Review: Investments and Policies in Agrifood Chain Linkages Agrifood systems extend beyond the farm, yet the midstream and downstream—the “hidden middle”—remain under-researched. This paper reviews 276 studies on policies for the hidden middle in low- and middle-income countries. While 52% focus on smallholders and 21% on public […]
Project partners – INCATA
Facebook Instagram Twitter Youtube Linkedin Project partners Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics (AFRE) at Michigan State University is dedicated to improving lives through management and economics. With over 50 faculty members, 60 graduate students, and 400 undergraduate students, AFRE tackles societal policy […]
Countries – INCATA
Facebook Instagram Twitter Youtube Linkedin Countries The project will focus on research in seven Sub-Saharan African countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda, as well as in Odisha, India. Facebook Instagram Twitter Youtube Linkedin Nuestras oficinas: Chile: Huelén 10. Providencia, Santiago, Región Metropolitana. (+56-2) 2236 4557 | Fax (+56-2) 2236 4558. Ecuador: Checoslovaquia […]