The impact of agricultural innovation system interventions on rural livelihoods in Malawi

Figures & data

Figure 1: Representation of an agricultural innovation interface (author compilation)

Table 1: Results of the logit model of participation in the Enabling Rural Innovation intervention

	Coefficient (β)	Significance (ρ)	Odds ratio (Exp β)
Constant	–1.426	0.136	0.240
PRE_EXT_CONT	–0.157	0.019	0.855
SEX_HHEAD	0.571	0.118	1.771
HH_SIZE	0.092	0.087	1.092
PART_PREVIOUS		0.003
PART_PREVIOUS(1)	–0.559	0.310	0.572
PART_PREVIOUS(2)	1.486	0.068	4.419
Chi square	23.747***
H-L chi square	10.310 (p-value = 0.244)
Total households	303
*Significant at 10% level, **significant at 5% level, ***significant at 1% level.

Table 2: Impact of the Enabling Rural Innovation intervention on production outcomes

	Intervention		Control
Production outcomes (US$)	Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation	Effect
Total value of livestock	445.03	1 620.99	144.82	926.47	300.12*
Total value of upland crop production 2007/08	1 349.48	0.016	537.14	0.0114	812.34***
Total value of upland crop production 2008/09	992.24	0.0179	365.14	0.0084	627.10**
Value of maize harvest 2007/08	259.35	308.77	180.01	340.24	79.33
Value of maize harvest 2008/09	506.76	0.013	219.66	490.80	287.09*
Maize yield 2007/08 (Tons/hectare)	0.84	1.00	0.85	1.47	0.0055
Maize yield 2008/09 (Tons/hectare)	1.17	2.61	0.88	1.33	0.287
Total value of assets	550.74	3 008.51	159.65	581.58	391.00*
*Significant at 10% level, **significant at 5% level, ***significant at 1% level.

Table 3: Impact of the Enabling Rural Innovation intervention on household incomes

	Intervention		Control
Household income (US$)	Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation	Effect
Total income for 2007/08 season	511.49	0.0072	231.28	465.61	280.21**
Total income for 2008/09 season	636.21	0.0088	299.56	655.75	340.54**
Total cash income from livestock sales 2008/09	51.34	138.48	23.60	186.08	27.78
*Significant at 10% level, **significant at 5% level, ***significant at 1% level.

Table 4: Impact of the Enabling Rural Innovation intervention on fertiliser use patterns

	Intervention		Control
Fertiliser use patterns (no. of 50 kg bags of inorganic fertiliser)	Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation	Effect
2004/05	1.24	0.62	0.567	0.44	0.679***
2005/06	1.38	0.63	0.624	0.11	0.761**
2006/07	1.50	0.63	0.858	0.32	0.644*
2007/08	1.68	0.68	1.38	1.22	0.297
2008/09	1.95	0.90	1.77	1.70	0.171
*Significant at 10% level, **significant at 5% level, ***significant at 1% level.

Table 5: Impact of the Enabling Rural Innovation intervention on training and group membership

	Intervention		Control
Training and group membership	Mean	Standard deviation	Mean	Standard deviation	Effect
Total number of memberships of farmer groups per household	0.35	0.865	0.49	0.0743	–0.14
Average number of training sessions attended five years ago	2.64	5.67	1.02	3.86	1.62*
Average number of training sessions attended in 2007/08	1.92	5.29	1.26	3.66	0.66
Average number of training sessions attended in 2008/09	1.14	4.43	1.22	3.55	–0.08
*Significant at 10% level, **significant at 5% level, ***significant at 1% level.