Impact of climate-smart agriculture adoption on food security and multidimensional poverty of rural farm households in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Table 9 Average treatment effect of CSA adoption on households’ food security.

CSA packages	Adopters (actual)	If they would not adopt	ATT	Non-adopters (actual)	If they would adopt	ATU
Food Consumption Score (FCS)
S₁R₀C₀	33.27	30.93	2.34***	23.02	30.6	−7.58***
S₁R₁C₀	42.65	8.25	34.39***	23.02	34.19	−11.17***
S₁R₀C₁	39.78	43.1	−3.32	23.02	39.05	−16.03***
S₁R₁C₁	62.17	5.68	56.48***	23.02	40.54	−17.52***
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
S₁R₀C₀	6.73	6.51	0.22	3.95	5.94	−1.99***
S₁R₁C₀	8.33	5.76	2.57***	3.95	6.66	−2.71***
S₁R₀C₁	8.37	6.81	1.57***	3.95	8.61	−4.66***
S₁R₁C₁	11.17	8.1	3.07***	3.95	9.23	−5.28***
Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)
S₁R₀C₀	6.62	7.6	−0.98***	12.58	8.23	4.35***
S₁R₁C₀	7	19.03	−12.03***	12.58	8.11	4.47***
S₁R₀C₁	3.85	4.98	−1.23***	12.58	1.54	11.03***
S₁R₁C₁	2.39	1.42	0.96	12.58	6.79	5.79***

*** indicates significant variables at 1%
ATT average treatment effect on the treated, ATU average treatment effect on the untreated

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