声明
CONTENT
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
List of Figures
ABSTRACT
摘要
Acronyms and abbreviations
1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Background of the study
1.3 Research Problem
1.4 Research Objectives
1.4.1 General objective
1.6 Significance and Limitation of the Study
1.7 Research Framework
2 LITERATURE ON TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION AND ETHIOPIAN SESAME SECTOR
2.1 Agricultural technology adoption and its impact in Africa
2.2 Seed sector and sesame seed(cash crop)provision in Ethiopia
2.3 Sesame Production in Ethiopia
2.4 The economic importance of sesame
2.5 The synergy between cash crop and food security
3.STUDY AREA,DATA,AND EMPRICAL STRATEGY
3.1 Study Area
3.2 Data for a study
3.3 Variable description
3.4 Empirical Specification
3.4.1 Household adoption decision and food security
3.4.2 Endogenous switching regression(ESR)model
3.4.3 Propensity score matching
4.RESULT AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Descriptive food security indicators estimation by technology adoption
4.2 Determinants of improved sesame seed adoption:Binary probit estimates
4.3 The causal effects of technology adoption on food security
a)Estimation of the treatment effect with propensity score matching techniques
b)Estimation of the treatment effect with endogenous switching regression
4.4 Variable estimation of Endogenous switching regression under different food security indicator
5.CONCLUSION AND POLICY IMPLICATION
REFERENCE
Questionnaire
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