Agricultural Input Subsidies and Productivity: The Case of Paraguayan Farmers
It is a well-known fact that a great majority of countries implement agricultural input subsidies as a tool to boost agricultural productivity and output. However, even though this practice is widely spread and represents a large part of the agricultural budget, little emphasis has been placed on the evaluation of the effectiveness of such schemes. This paper aims to shed light on this issue by exploring the impact of agricultural input subsidies on agricultural productivity. Using a quasi experimental approach (Propensity Score Matching), this study estimates the impact of receiving an agricultural input donation on the value of production per hectare as a measure of the effect on agricultural productivity. To this end, data from the "Encuesta Permanente de Hogares" of Paraguay, a nationally representative household survey collected in 2012, was utilized. The results provide evidence that agricultural input donations do not have an impact on agricultural productivity or input utilization.
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Subjects: | Family Farming, Household Income, Agricultural Productivity, Technical Cooperation, Rural Development, Small Farmer, H41 - Public Goods, O13 - Agriculture • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Other Primary Products, Q12 - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms Farm Households and Farm Input Markets, Q18 - Agricultural Policy • Food Policy, O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development, small producers;small-scale producers;small rural producers;agricultural input subsidies;agricultural productivity, |
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dig-bid-node-172492024-05-30T20:34:20ZAgricultural Input Subsidies and Productivity: The Case of Paraguayan Farmers 2017-04-20T00:00:00+0000 http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0012285 https://publications.iadb.org/en/agricultural-input-subsidies-and-productivity-case-paraguayan-farmers Inter-American Development Bank Family Farming Household Income Agricultural Productivity Technical Cooperation Rural Development Small Farmer H41 - Public Goods O13 - Agriculture • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Other Primary Products Q12 - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms Farm Households and Farm Input Markets Q18 - Agricultural Policy • Food Policy O12 - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development small producers;small-scale producers;small rural producers;agricultural input subsidies;agricultural productivity It is a well-known fact that a great majority of countries implement agricultural input subsidies as a tool to boost agricultural productivity and output. However, even though this practice is widely spread and represents a large part of the agricultural budget, little emphasis has been placed on the evaluation of the effectiveness of such schemes. This paper aims to shed light on this issue by exploring the impact of agricultural input subsidies on agricultural productivity. Using a quasi experimental approach (Propensity Score Matching), this study estimates the impact of receiving an agricultural input donation on the value of production per hectare as a measure of the effect on agricultural productivity. To this end, data from the "Encuesta Permanente de Hogares" of Paraguay, a nationally representative household survey collected in 2012, was utilized. The results provide evidence that agricultural input donations do not have an impact on agricultural productivity or input utilization. Inter-American Development Bank César Augusto López Lina Salazar Carmine Paolo De Salvo Working Papers application/pdf IDB Publications Paraguay Latin America en |
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It is a well-known fact that a great majority of countries implement agricultural input subsidies as a tool to boost agricultural productivity and output. However, even though this practice is widely spread and represents a large part of the agricultural budget, little emphasis has been placed on the evaluation of the effectiveness of such schemes. This paper aims to shed light on this issue by exploring the impact of agricultural input subsidies on agricultural productivity. Using a quasi experimental approach (Propensity Score Matching), this study estimates the impact of receiving an agricultural input donation on the value of production per hectare as a measure of the effect on agricultural productivity. To this end, data from the "Encuesta Permanente de Hogares" of Paraguay, a nationally representative household survey collected in 2012, was utilized. The results provide evidence that agricultural input donations do not have an impact on agricultural productivity or input utilization. |
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