Climate risks and damage abatement effects of pesticides: Evidence based on four-wave panel data in Nigeria

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centre
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Development
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.creator.identifierHiroyuki Takeshima: 0000-0002-1761-408X
cg.creator.identifierHyacinth Edeh: 0000-0003-0560-3604
cg.creator.identifierKwaw Andam: 0000-0002-4138-1693
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136983
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Systems Transformation - Transformation Strategies
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategies and Governance Unit
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number2204
cg.placeWashington, DC
cg.reviewStatusInternal Review
dc.contributor.authorTakeshima, Hiroyuki
dc.contributor.authorEdeh, Hyacinth O.
dc.contributor.authorLawal, Akeem
dc.contributor.authorOniybe, Johnson E.
dc.contributor.authorDaudu, Christogonus K.
dc.contributor.authorAndam, Kwaw S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-14T12:09:19Zen
dc.date.available2024-03-14T12:09:19Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/140320
dc.titleClimate risks and damage abatement effects of pesticides: Evidence based on four-wave panel data in Nigeriaen
dcterms.abstractManaging biotic stress, such as pests, diseases, and weeds, remain critical in enhancing the productivity of agrifood systems in developing countries, including Nigeria. The public sector continues to seek solutions for efficient and effective measures for addressing these biotic stresses, ranging from varietal technologies, improved crop husbandry, and the application of agrochemicals. The field-level evidence remains scarce regarding the effectiveness of these measures in developing countries like Nigeria. Furthermore, increasing climate uncertainty poses further challenges in identifying effective measures. This study assesses the damage abatement effects of agrochemicals in Nigeria and how these effects are affected by weather shocks. We extend the standard damage abatement framework to 4 waves of farm panel data to minimize the potential bias due to the endogeneity in agrochemical use decisions. Our results indicate that weather shocks have significant effects. In particular, rising nighttime minimum temperatures above 20 ℃ have significantly increased damage abatement effects of pesticides in Nigeria. This is possibly because of increased pest activities induced by the warmer nighttime temperatures, which, in the absence of pesticide uses, would cause more significant damage to crops. These results hold for all crops combined, as well as individual crops, including cowpea and maize, for which Nigeria has intensified its effort in pest control through both agrochemicals and Bt varieties in recent years.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTakeshima, Hiroyuki; Edeh, Hyacinth; Lawal, Akeem; Oniybe, Johnson E.; Daudu, Christogonus K.; and Andam, Kwaw S. 2023. Climate risks and damage abatement effects of pesticides: Evidence based on four-wave panel data in Nigeria. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2204. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136983.en
dcterms.extent33 p.
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2023-11-22
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148594en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160902en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12174en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12710en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/136983
dcterms.subjectdataen
dcterms.subjectpesticidesen
dcterms.subjectagrifood systemsen
dcterms.subjectdeveloping countriesen
dcterms.subjectagrochemicalsen
dcterms.subjectbiotic stressen
dcterms.subjectweatheren
dcterms.subjectshocksen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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