Estimating the Long-term Effects of a Fruit Fly Eradication Program Using Satellite Imagery
Peer Reviewed
Date issued
August 2023
Subject
Agricultural Productivity;
Crops;
Fruit and Vegetable Industry;
Pest Control;
Productivity;
Remote Sensing
JEL code
Q12 - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets;
Q16 - R&D • Agricultural Technology • Biofuels • Agricultural Extension Services;
O13 - Agriculture • Natural Resources • Energy • Environment • Other Primary Products
Country
Peru
IDB series
Impact Evaluations
Category
Working Papers
This analysis applies a regression discontinuity approach combined with remote sensing data to measure the productivity impacts linked to a fruit-fly eradication program, implemented in Peru. For this purpose, satellite imagery was used to estimate a vegetation index over a 10-year span for a sample of 305 producers -155 treated and 150 controls-. The results confirmed that program participation increased agricultural productivity in the short and long terms, in a range from 12% to 49%. However, quantile regression methods suggest that most productive farmers were able to obtain greater impacts.
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