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Measuring the effect of transaction costs for investment in irrigation pumps: Application of the unobserved stochastic threshold model to the case of Nigeria

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Adeoti, Adetola I.; Salau, Sheu - In: African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 06 (2011) 2

This article empirically assesses the effect of unobserved transaction costs for Nigerian farmers when investing in irrigation pumps. The unobserved stochastic threshold (UST) model popularly used in labor economics literature is applied, and is compared with two models, the Tobit and the...

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Fertilizer Subsidy, Political Influence and Local Food Prices in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Nigeria

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Liverpool-Tasie, L. Saweda O. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2013

We investigate the effects of previous fertilizer subsidy program on local grain prices in Nigeria. The program has … effect on maize and sorghum price. In northern Nigeria, fertilizer subsidy might have lowered district level price of local …

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Overview of the evolution of agricultural mechanization in Nigeria

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Lawal, Akeem - 2018

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The role of agricultural productivity in non-farm activities in Nigeria : effects on sector orientation and factor intensity

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Reda, Mulubrhan Amare; Mavrotas, George - 2018

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The roles of agroclimatic similarity and returns on scale in the demand for mechanization : insights from Northern Nigeria

Takeshima, Hiroyuki - 2017

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Onset risks and draft animal investments in Nigeria

Takeshima, Hiroyuki - In: Emerging issues in global international agricultural …, (pp. 235-261). 2016

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Irrigation potential in Nigeria : some perspectives based on factor endowments, tropical nature, and patterns in favorable areas

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Adesugba, Margaret - 2014

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Market imperfections for tractor service provision in Nigeria : international perspectives and empirical evidence

Takeshima, Hiroyuki - 2015

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Government fertilizer subsidy and commercial sector fertilizer demand : evidence from the Federal Market Stabilization Program (FMSP) in Nigeria

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Nkonya, Ephraim - In: Food policy : economics planning and politics of food … 47 (2014), pp. 1-12

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Characteristics of private-sector tractor service provisions : insights from Nigeria

Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Edeh, Hyacinth O.; Lawal, Akeem O.; … - In: The developing economies 53 (2015) 3, pp. 188-217

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