fertilizer dosage by 23.8%; IV) productivity per acre is not affected by the treatment; V) treated households also were less …

In many parts of the world, soils poor in nutrients are farmed with little addition of fertilizer, further depleting … sanitation and at recycling nutrients as fertilizer. This human fertilizer may act as a substitute for artificial fertilizers … investment program. We do not find any support for human fertilizer being used complementary, although the effect on yields …

This study is an empirical investigation of how individual risk attitudes influence the agricultural productivity of … from 2014 and 2015, the results indicate lower productivity on female-owned plots. Controlling for various socio …-economic factors, the results show that as the female farmers' increase risk taking, the productivity of female-owned plots goes down …

This essay assesses the relationship between farm size and productivity. Both parametric and nonparametric methods are …

paper also investigates the impact of land fragmentation on productivity and labor input per acre, and finds a positive …

This study analyzes how risk attitudes influence the agricultural productivity of men and women in a subSaharan African … increase risk taking, the productivity of female-owned plots goes down. The study controls for various socio-economic factors …, improved inputs, and policies that support increase in productivity. …

We provide evidence that lower fertility can simultaneously increase income per capita and lower carbon emissions …, eliminating a trade-off central to most policies aimed at slowing global climate change. We estimate the effect of lower fertility … on carbon emissions accounting for the fact that changes in fertility patterns affect carbon emissions through three …