Kotchikpa Gabriel Lawin|Lota D. Tamini
Land Tenure Differences and Adoption of Agri-Environmental Practices: Evidence from Benin
Université Laval|Université Laval
article uses multinomial endogenous treatment effects model combination propensity score matching techniques evaluate impact land tenure adoption agrienvironmental practices smallholder farmers benin rely unique detailed crosssectional plotlevel dataset covers random sample 2800 smallholder farmers 4233 plots results indicate land tenure arrangement significantly influences farmers decision invest agrienvironmental practices intensity adoption agrienvironmental practices consistently higher owned plots borrowed rented sharecropped plots found strong evidence hypothesis selectivity bias cannot rejected although estimates adoption gap plot owners borrowers larger using matched sample results broadly consistent across specifications