http://www.efdinitiative.org Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE) works to support poverty alleviation and sustainable development in Ethiopia through an increased use of environmental economics in policy making processes. daily 1 2007-10-02T15:00:42Z http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/coping-with-fuelwood-scarcity-household-responses-in-rural-ethiopia This study uses survey data from randomly selected rural households in Ethiopia to examine the coping mechanisms employed by rural households to deal with fuelwood scarcity. The determinants of collecting other biomass energy sources were also examined. No publisher yonas Damte, Abebe, Steven F. Koch and Alemu Mekonnen, 2012, "Coping with fuelwood scarcity: Household responses in rural Ethiopia", Environment for Development Discussion Paper Series January 2012, EfD DP 12-01. Ethiopia Biomass fuels Fuel choice 2012-02-02T18:59:10Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/assessing-the-functioning-of-land-rental-markets-in-ethiopia Although a large theoretical literature discusses the possible inefficiency of sharecropping contracts, empirical evidence on this phenomenon has been ambiguous at best. Household‐level fixed‐effect estimates from about 8,500 plots operated by households that own and sharecrop land in the Ethiopian highlands provide support for the hypothesis of Marshallian inefficiency. No publisher tsehay Klaus Deininger, Daniel Ayalew Ali and Tekie Alemu, 2008, "Assessing the Functioning of Land Rental Markets in Ethiopia", Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 57(1), pp. 67-100. Ethiopia Land markets 2012-01-03T08:16:58Z Article http://www.efdinitiative.org/research/publications/publications-repository/impact-of-perennial-cash-cropping-on-food-crop-production-and-productivity The argument for promoting cash crops in developing countries has generally been based on their contribution to small farmer incomes and their impact on other household activities such as household crop production through interlinked markets. No publisher tsehay Debela, A.T., 2010, "Impact of Perennial Cash Cropping on Food Crop Production and Productivity", Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 18(1). Ethiopia Cash crops Food crops Productivity 2011-12-12T16:00:12Z Article