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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…
31 December 2011 | Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaTo support conservation planning, we ask whether a park's impact on deforestation rates varies with observable land characteristics that planners could use to prioritize sites. Using matching methods…
25 October 2011 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaIn settings characterized by weak human capital and agricultural land degradation, investments in human capital formation and land conservation can be key candidates for triggering sustained economic…
8 September 2011 | Other Publications | EthiopiaIn Search for broad-based growth: Linkages and policy effects in a village economy in rural Ethiopia
The sluggish growth in agriculture coupled with lack of broad-based economic growth raises debates over the relevant direction and emphasis of development interventions in the country. In this study…
8 September 2011 | Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaThis is a chapter in a book entitled "The Emergence of Land Markets in Africa Impacts on Poverty, Equity, and Efficiency" edited by Stein Holden, Keijiro Otsuka and Frank Place, 2009. Despite various…
6 September 2011 | Book Chapter | EthiopiaThis is a chapter in a book entitled "The Emergence of Land Markets in Africa Impacts on Poverty, Equity, and Efficiency" edited by Stein Holden, Keijiro Otsuka and Frank Place, 2009. This chapter…
1 September 2011 | Book Chapter | EthiopiaThis 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 | EthiopiaThe paper reviews the current use of instruments for environmental fiscal reform (EFR) in selected East and Southern African countries and analyzes the effects on income distribution from fuel taxes…
1 May 2011 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden20 September 2010 | Thesis PHD | Tanzania
This paper uses data spanning different pricing regimes to estimate the aggregate agricultural supply response to price and non-price factors in Zimbabwe. The autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)…
19 May 2010 | Peer Reviewed | South Africa