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The Impact of Access to Credit on the Adoption of hybrid maize in Malawi: An Empirical test of an Agricultural Household Model under credit market failure
Simtowe, F.; Zeller, Manfred - 2008
Guided by the frame work of a household model under credit market failure, this paper aims at investigating the impact of access to credit on the adoption of hybrid maize among households that vary in their credit constraints. The data used in the study is from Malawi collected by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446368
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The Impact of Access to Credit on the Adoption of hybrid maize in Malawi: An Empirical test of an Agricultural Household Model under credit market failure
Simtowe, Franklin; Zeller, Manfred - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008
Guided by the frame work of a household model under credit market failure, this paper aims at investigating the impact of access to credit on the adoption of hybrid maize among households that vary in their credit constraints. The data used in the study is from Malawi collected by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068437
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Effect of contract farming on productivity and income of small holders: The case of tea production in north-western Vietnam
Saigenji, Yoshiko; Zeller, Manfred - 2009
This paper examines potential of contract farming as a rural development tool by revealing its effect on productivity and income of small holders in tea production in north-western Vietnam. In the present research, three economic analyses are applied. First, the technical efficiency of tea...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444845
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Operational Models for Improving the Targeting Efficiency of Agricultural and Development Policies: A systematic comparison of different estimation methods using out-of-sample test...
Houssou, Nazaire; Zeller, Manfred - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Accurate targeting is key for the success of any development policy. While a number of factors might explain low targeting efficiency such as governance failure, political interference or lack of political will, this paper focuses on improving indicator-based models that identify poor households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913408
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Effect of contract farming on productivity and income of small holders: The case of tea production in north-western Vietnam
Saigenji, Yoshiko; Zeller, Manfred - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
This paper examines potential of contract farming as a rural development tool by revealing its effect on productivity and income of small holders in tea production in north-western Vietnam. In the present research, three economic analyses are applied. First, the technical efficiency of tea...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913543
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Targeting the Poor and Smallholder Farmers Empirical Evidence from Malawi
Houssou, Nazaire; Zeller, Manfred - In: Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 49
population affected by poverty. Therefore, this paper develops low cost and fairly accurate models for improving the targeting … methods along with out-of-sample tests to develop operational poverty targeting models for the country. Though there is a … scope for further improvements, the results show that the developed models can considerably improve the poverty outreach of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010914239
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To Target or Not to Target? The cost efficiency of indicator-based targeting
Houssou, Nazaire; Zeller, Manfred - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
This paper assesses the cost efficiency of indicator-based targeting. Using household survey data from Malawi, we examine whether an indicator-based targeting of the poor is more target- and cost-efficient than the currently used mechanisms for targeting agricultural subsidy programs in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020291
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The Impacts of Wage Employment on a Jatropha Plantation on Income and Food Security of Rural Households in Madagascar – A Panel Data Analysis
Bosch, Christine; Zeller, Manfred - In: Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 52
plantations offer sufficient income possibilities to contribute to poverty alleviation and food security. The results show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142760
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Women, Social Capital and Collective Action – The Case of NERICA Rice Technology in Benin
Schroeder, Claudia; Zeller, Manfred; Agboh-Noameshie, … - In: Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 52
Women rice farmers in Africa are often constrained in accessing resources and technologies adapted to their requirements. AfricaRice has targeted women in disseminating NERICA to consider their needs. Along with top-down strategies, also processes that strengthen women rice growers at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142767
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Using panel data to estimate the effect of rainfall shocks on smallholders food security and vulnerability in rural Ethiopia
Demeke, Abera Birhanu; Zeller, Manfred - Institut für Agrar- und Sozialökonomie in den Tropen … - 2009
Ethiopia's agriculture is predominantly rainfed and hence any irregularity in weather conditions has adverse welfare implications. Using panel data, this paper analyzes the effect of rainfall shocks on Ethiopian rural households' food security and vulnerability over time while controlling for a...
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