in Africa. Using representative multistage stratified household survey data and robust analytical approaches, findings … mechanization on use of household and hired labor. Finally, agricultural mechanization significantly raises the productivity of …

The productivity of non-farm enterprises in rural Africa may be associated with the productivity of other spatially … across space in both countries. In Ethiopia rural non-farm enterprises are more productive in locations where farms are less … significant determinants of the labour productivity of non-farm enterprises in Ethiopia and Nigeria. This is the first time, to …

Due to the rapid growth of cities in Africa, a larger number of farmers is living in the rural hinterland providing … input use, land and labor productivity, and profitability in teff production improve with urban proximity. There is a strong …