Impact of the Adoption of Electrical Equipment on Cotton Productivity in Benin
| dc.contributor.author | Pascaline E. Agboca | |
| dc.contributor.author | Marcel O. Ifecro | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-01-29T09:58:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-01-29T09:58:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2026 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In Benin, the improvement in cotton productivity occurred in a context of increased access by farmers to electrical equipment. The objective of this research is to analyze the effective contribution of the adoption of electrical equipment to cotton productivity in the country. The regime switching model – MCR (endogenous switching regression) is used based on data from the Harmonized Survey on Household Living Conditions in Benin (EHCVM, 2019). The results obtained indicate on the one hand that education, use of telephone, financial account, inputs, transfers received, household shock and cultivation area are determining factors in the adoption of equipment electricity by cotton producers and on the other hand that the value of the effect of the adoption of electrical equipment on cotton productivity is 2502 kg per ha. This gain in productivity suggests at the microeconomic level that cotton producers who have not adopted electrical equipment do so in the hope, all other things being equal, of an increase in their productivity on average of 44.31% compared to their level current productivity. The microeconomic policy implications of this study are the orientation of cotton farmers towards equipment using electrical energy and the popularization of their adoption, especially in areas of intense production for the increase in cotton productivity in Benin. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://publication.aercafricalibrary.org/handle/123456789/4054 | |
| dc.publisher | AERC | |
| dc.title | Impact of the Adoption of Electrical Equipment on Cotton Productivity in Benin |