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Land constraints and agricultural intensification in Ethiopia: A village-level analysis of high-potential areas:
Headey, Derek D.; Dereje, Mekdim; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
questions. First, how do rural Ethiopians adapt to land constraints? And second, do land constraints significantly influence … households facing particularly severe land constraints. We then ask whether smaller and declining farm sizes are inducing … agricultural intensification, and if so, how. We find strong evidence in favor of the Boserupian hypothesis that land …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850562
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Land constraints and agricultural intensification in Ethiopia: A village-level analysis of high-potential areas:
Headey, Derek D.; Dereje, Mekdim; Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
forces, with the goal of informing two important policy questions. First, how do rural Ethiopians adapt to land constraints …? And second, do land constraints significantly influence welfare outcomes in rural Ethiopia? …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700931
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Understanding the Process of Agricultural Technology Adoption: Mineral Fertilizer in Eastern DR Congo
Lambrecht, Isabel; Vanlauwe, Bernard; Merckx, Roel; … - In: World Development 59 (2014) C, pp. 132-146
We analyze the adoption of mineral fertilizer in South-Kivu. We model technology adoption as a three-step-process, including awareness, tryout, and adoption; and empirically analyze these steps using cross-sectional farm-household data, and bivariate and Heckman selection probit models. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010779975
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Which policy would work better for improved soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa, fertilizer subsidies or carbon credits?
Marenya, Paswel; Nkonya, Ephraim; Xiong, Wei; Deustua, Jose - In: Agricultural Systems 110 (2012) C, pp. 162-172
Why do many smallholder farmers fail to adopt improved land management practices which can improve yields and incomes … merits of using a carbon payment scheme compared to a subsidy policy to help reduce the cost of specific land management …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010571856
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Rural labour markets in Peru: a study of labour exchange.
A, Figueroa - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983
structure, farm size, social structure, internal migration, seasonal unemployment, agricultural income, impact of land reform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967088
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Mexico: commercialisation and the growth of a migratory labour market.
E, Astorga Lira - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983
ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the relationship between commercial farming and growth of a seasonal worker labour market in the agricultural sector in Mexico - briefly discusses trends (1950-1980) in urbanization, agricultural policy, agricultural production, agricultural employment, farm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967383
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Role of rural institutions in the diffusion of agricultural innovations in Sri Lanka.
Hmg, Herath - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983
ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the role of rural institutions in the diffusion of agricultural technology, and innovations in Sri Lanka - based on a sample survey, discusses the effects of farm size, tenancy, farmer age, education, etc., on productivity, profits and tractor and labour use;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967621
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Commercialization and Subsistence in Transaction Agriculture: Empirical Evidence from Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
Mathijs, Erik; Noev, Nivelin - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2002
Present-day Central and Eastern European agriculture is characterized by a high incidence of small-scale farmers who are not producing for the market. This paper uses household level data from comparative farm surveys in Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania to analyze which farm household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005330875
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The myth of large farm superiority: Lessons from agricultural transition in poland
Zyl, Johan Van; Parker, Andrew N.; Miller, Bill R. - In: Journal of Economic Policy Reform 3 (2000) 4, pp. 353-372
In Poland, larger farms are often actively promoted over small farms. This policy is based on the perception that there are economies of scale that favor large farms; however, this is contrary to international evidence, which generally indicates that larger farms are less efficient and use less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009208064
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Agriculture in African Development: Theories and Strategies
Dercon, Stefan; Gollin, Douglas - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 6 (2014) 1, pp. 471-492
Agriculture is the largest sector in most sub-Saharan economies in terms of employment, and it plays an important role in supplying food and export earnings. Rural poverty rates remain high, and labor productivity is strikingly low. This article asks how these factors shape the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951573