Are Irrigation Rehabilitation Projects Good for Poor Farmers in Peru?

Are Irrigation Rehabilitation Projects Good for Poor Farmers in Peru?

This paper analyzes changes in agricultural production and economic welfare of farmers in rural Peru resulting from a large irrigation infrastructure rehabilitation project. The analysis uses a ten-year district panel and a spatial regression disc...

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Main Authors: Datar, Gayatri, Del Carpio, Ximena V.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
ACCESS TO MARKETS
AGGREGATE POVERTY
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL LABORERS
AGRICULTURAL LAND
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
BEANS
BENEFICIARY COMMUNITIES
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
CATCHMENT AREA
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
COASTAL REGION
COASTAL REGIONS
COCOA
COFFEE
COMMERCIALIZATION
CONFLICT
COTTON
COUNTERFACTUAL
CROP
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
CROP PRODUCTION
CROP SCIENCE
CROPPING
CROPPING INTENSITY
CROPPING PATTERNS
CROPS
CULTIVATION
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DISTRIBUTION OF WATER
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
DRAINAGE
DRIP IRRIGATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC POLICIES
EFFICIENCY OF LABOR
EXPORT CROPS
FARM
FARM HOUSEHOLDS
FARMER
FARMING
FERTILIZERS
GRAIN
GRAINS
HARVESTS
HECTARES OF LAND
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
IFPRI
IMPACT ON POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME-GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES
INDUSTRIAL CROPS
INEQUALITY
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSURANCE
IRRIGATION
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR RESOURCES
LABOUR
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
NATURAL DISASTER
NATURAL RESOURCES
ORANGES
POOR
POOR FARM HOUSEHOLDS
POOR FARMERS
POOR HOUSEHOLDS
POOR POLICY
POTATOES
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
POVERTY ANALYSIS
POVERTY IMPACT
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
PRODUCE
REGIONAL LEVELS
RURAL
RURAL AREA
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
RURAL FARMERS
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
RURAL INSTITUTIONS
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL ROAD
RURAL ROAD REHABILITATION
RURAL ROADS
SMALL-SCALE IRRIGATION
SOIL QUALITY
SUBSISTENCE
SUGAR
SUGAR CANE
SUGARCANE
SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS
TARGETING
VEGETABLE PRODUCTION
WATER AVAILABILITY
WATER CATCHMENT
WATER SOURCE
WATER SUPPLY
WATER USERS
YIELDS
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20091214134800
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4347
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Summary:This paper analyzes changes in agricultural production and economic welfare of farmers in rural Peru resulting from a large irrigation infrastructure rehabilitation project. The analysis uses a ten-year district panel and a spatial regression discontinuity approach to measure the causal effect of the intervention. While general impacts are modest, the analysis shows that the project is progressive--poor farmers consistently benefit more than non-poor farmers. Farmers living in districts with a rehabilitated irrigation site experience positive labor dynamics, in terms of income and agricultural jobs. Poor farmers increase their total income by more than $220 per year compared with the control group, while rich farmers do not experience such an income gain. The results also show crop specialization patterns in the economic status of farm households; poorer farm households increase their production of staple crops, such as beans and potatoes, while non-poor beneficiary farmers cultivate more industrial crops. Findings from this evaluation have important implications for pro-poor policy design in the agricultural sector.

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