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Sustainable Agricultural Practices and Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia: Does Agroecology Matter?
(2009-11-30)
Sustainable agricultural practices, in as far as they rely on renewable local or farm resources, present
desirable options for enhancing agricultural productivity for resource-constrained farmers in developing
countries. ...
The Role of Production Risk in Sustainable Land-Management Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands
(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
(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. ...
The Persistence of Subjective Poverty in Urban Ethiopia
(2012-12)
Using panel data spanning 15 years, this paper investigates the persistence and correlates of subjective and consumption poverty in urban Ethiopia. Despite the decline in consumption poverty in recent years, which has been ...
Organic Farming Technologies and Agricultural Productivity: The case of Semi-Arid Ethiopia
(2008-12-16)
Organic farming practices, in as far as they rely on local or farm renewable resources, present desirable options for enhancing agricultural productivity for resource-constrained farmers in developing countries. In this ...
Soil Conservation and Small-Scale Food Production in Highland Ethiopia A Stochastic Metafrontier Approach
(2009-11-30)
This study adopts the stochastic metafrontier approach to investigate the role of soil conservation
in small-scale highland agriculture in Ethiopia. Plot-level stochastic frontiers and metafrontier
technology-gap ratios ...
Risk Implications of Farm Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands
(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, ...
Economics of Soil Conservation Adoption in High-Rainfall Areas of the Ethiopian Highlands
(2009-11-30)
This study measures the impact of fanya juu bunds (an important soil and water conservation
technology and the most popular type of contour bund in east Africa) on the value of crop production in
a high-rainfall area in ...
Biomass Fuel Consumption and Dung Use as Manure - Evidence from Rul Households in the Amrahara Region of Ethiopia
(2009-11-19)
Soil nutrient depletion is a critical problem, contributing to low agricultural productivity and the
limited domestic food supply in sub-Saharan Africa. Fertilizer use in Ethiopia is one of the lowest in
sub-Saharan ...
Modelling Household Cooking Fuel Choice: a Panel Multinomial Logit Approach
(2015-10)
We use three rounds of a rich panel data set to investigate the determinants of household
cooking fuel choice and energy transition in urban Ethiopia. We observe that the expected
energy transition did not occur following ...