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This review seeks to analyze the implementation of Market Based Instruments (MBIs) in developing countries. The focus is mostly (but not exclusively) on the empirical literature. The evidence is that…

1 September 2012 | Peer Reviewed | China

Crop biodiversity is very important for both the functioning of ecological systems and the generation of a vast array of ecosystem services. More agricultural biodiversity is associated with higher…

31 August 2012 | Peer Reviewed |

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the impact of climate change on agriculture in a typical developing country. The economic implications of climate change are estimated by using both a farm…

30 August 2012 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia, Global Hub

This paper investigates the role of comparative advantage on biofuel policy adoption. Results show that different countries have different drivers to create biofuel policies. GDP proves to be more…

31 May 2012 | Peer Reviewed |

We analyze and compare the impact of different adaptation strategies on crop net revenues in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia. We implement a counterfactual analysis, and estimate a multinomial endogenous…

7 May 2012 | Discussion Paper | Ethiopia

This study investigates the impact of climate change adaptation on farm households’ downside risk exposure (e.g., risk of crop failure) in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia. The analysis relies on a moment…

26 August 2011 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia, Global Hub

We examine the driving forces behind farm households’ decisions to adapt to climate change, and the impact of adaptation on farm households’ food productivity. We estimate a simultaneous equations…

7 March 2011 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia

This paper uses a farm level panel data from Ethiopia and a comprehensive empirical strategy to investigate the contribution of crop biodiversity on food production. We find that increasing the number…

15 June 2010 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia

This paper investigates the effects of crop genetic diversity on farm productivity and production risk in the highlands of Ethiopia. Using a moment-based approach, the analysis uses a stochastic…

26 August 2011 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia

This article investigates the effects of wheat genetic diversity and land degradation on risk and agricultural productivity in less favored production environments of a developing agricultural economy…

8 September 2011 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia