The Role of Mobile Money on Household Food Security During Drought Shocks: An Evaluation of Key Pathways

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dc.contributor.authorAbiona, Olukorede
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-06T08:02:44Z
dc.date.available2025-05-06T08:02:44Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates the interaction between mobile money use and exposure to drought events among smallholder farmers in rural Tanzania. We examine the impact of drought on household food security for mobile money adopters relative to non-adopters. To investigate this pattern, we use household and agricultural datasets from the Tanzanian National Panel surveys (TNPS) between 2010 and 2020 in a difference-in-difference framework. Our findings demonstrate an added advantage of drought-mitigating strategies for adopter households by way of strategic farm inputs to improve yields as pathways. This paper contributes to the literature by building unique empirical evidence relating to innovative behaviours from mobile money adoption to support agricultural investment for sustainable household food security over a long-term period. Access to credits is revealed as the channel of transmission.
dc.identifier.urihttps://publication.aercafricalibrary.org/handle/123456789/3988
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAERC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAERC Working Paper 009-2025
dc.titleThe Role of Mobile Money on Household Food Security During Drought Shocks: An Evaluation of Key Pathways
dc.typeWorking Paper
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