Browsing by Author "Yesuf, Mahmud"
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Are Agricultural Extension Packages What Ethiopian Farmers Want? A Stated Preference Analysis
Yesuf, Mahmud; Mekonnen, Alemu; Köhlin, Gunnar; Carlsson, Fredrik (2005)There is an evident dichotomy in many rural development policies in the world between extension driven adoption of modern inputs and community driven local public goods. However, the target populations of these policies ... -
Farmers' Preferences for Crop Variety Traits: Lessons for On-Farm Conservation and Technology Adoption
Asrat, Sinafikeh; Yesuf, Mahmud; Carlsson, Fredrik; Wale, Edilegnaw (2009-04-20)Although in-situ conservation is increasingly considered an efficient way of conserving plant genetic resources, little is known about the incentives and constraints that govern conservation decisions among small farm ... -
Market Imperfections and Farm Technology Adoption Decisions - A Case Study from the Highlands of Ethiopia
Yesuf, Mahmud; Köhlin, Gunnar (2009-11-30)This paper investigates the impacts of market and institutional imperfections on technology adoption in a model that considers fertilizer use and soil conservation to be joint decisions. Controlling for plot characteristics ... -
Risk Implications of Farm Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands
Yesuf, Mahmud; Kassie, Menale; Köhlin, Gunnar (2009-11-30)In countries where insurance and credit markets are thin or missing, production and consumption risks play a critical role in the choice and use of production inputs and adoption of new farm technologies. In this paper, ... -
Risk, Time and Land Management under Market Imperfections: Applications to Ethiopia
Yesuf, Mahmud (2004)This Ph.D. thesis addresses both theoretical and empirical issues pertaining to land management decisions of farm households in developing countries working under an imperfect market and institutional setting (with case ... -
The Role of Production Risk in Sustainable Land-Management Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands
Kassie, Menale; Yesuf, Mahmud; Köhlin, Gunnar (2009-11-30)This paper provides empirical evidence of production risk impact on sustainable land- management technology adoption, using two years of cross-sectional plot-level data collected in the Ethiopian highlands. We used a ... -
The Role of Soil Conservation on Mean Crop Yield and Variance of Yield - Evidence from the Ethiopian Highlands
Kassie, Menale; Pender, John; Yesuf, Mahmud; Köhlin, Gunnar; Mulugeta, Elias (2009-11-30)Land degradation has been one of the major areas of concern in Ethiopia. Governments and development agencies have invested substantial resources to promote land management technologies and reduce land degradation. ...