Impact of climate-smart agriculture on the income and food security of cassava-producing households in the Savalou commune in Benin

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Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is an appropriate adaptation approach to climate change. It allows producers to improve their production and act on their food security, despite the conditions of climate change while limiting the causes arising from agriculture. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of CSA, through the use of harvest residues in cassava fields, on the income and food security of cassava producing households in Savalou. The three-stage sampling method made it possible to draw a random sample of 360 cassava producers including 180 users of pigeon pea, mucuna and peanut harvest residues. The average income from cassava production during the last 12 months (until July 2023) is 366,400 FCFA with 387,340 FCFA for beneficiaries compared to 322,060 FCFA for non-beneficiaries. The impact analysis was done with the matching method based on propensity scores. The results of this impact study showed that this adoption contributes to improving income from cassava production by 35,135 FCFA and household food security by 0.10 points, on average per household per year. It would therefore be useful to promote and improve this type of agriculture, in order to ensure sustainable development of the agricultural sector and improve food security. climate-smart agriculture food security income cassava producers Savalou Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 21 Oct, 2024 Read the published version in Discover Sustainability → Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 16 Jul, 2024 Reviews received at journal 15 Jul, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 09 Jul, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 06 Jul, 2024 Reviews received at journal 01 Jul, 2024 Reviews received at journal 01 Jul, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 25 Jun, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 25 Jun, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 25 Jun, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 21 Jun, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 21 Jun, 2024 First submitted to journal 04 Jun, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. 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