Farming under irrigation management transfer scheme and its impact on yield and net returns in Ghana

This article analyses smallholder irrigation management transfer (IMT) scheme participation and its impacts on yield net farm returns of rice farmers in northern Ghana. We apply the endogenous switching regression control function approaches to account for both observed unobserved policy-relevant drivers farmers’ decision participate IMT potential endogeneity. Our results show that can enhance their yields by 39.56 % 24.52 The increased are linked perceived improvement water supply availability at critical stages production as well personal, farm, institutional location characteristics. Farmers’ operate under schemes influenced drivers. Large scale tends be viable schemes. discuss policy implications recommend succinct policies based impact welfare developing countries.