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Specifically, it contributes to narrowing the following gaps in the literature: a) lack of conceptual clarity on farm-level CSA practices with highest adoption potential, b) paucity of evidence on the effectiveness of externally supported CSA projects and c) dearth of empirical evidence on specific pathways through which CSA projects generate effects. The dissertation utilizes primary survey data collected from 808 households in five districts across southern Malawi. To obtain plausible estimates of a counterfactual for the CSA intervention, I used rigorous analytical techniques that control for endogeneity and selection bias due to non-random program placement and unobserved heterogeneity. In the first paper, I developed a typology of farm-level CSA practices, which helped to generate and test hypotheses on CSA adoption dynamics in the study area. I then used recursive bivariate probit regression to estimate CSA adoption by CSA practice type (or category). 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