We tested a novel way of encouraging the adoption of improved maize seeds in Benin. In the treatment group, farmers were provided with intensive agricultural-extension support and a full package of inputs to test on one of their plots. In the control group, farmers were offered improved seeds,...

In this paper the Markov model has been used to analyze poverty dynamics in Benin. Assuming that the observed successive changes in well-being classes at the household level could be considered as a Markov chain, the first-step-analysis method is used to derive several indicators to measure the...