involving smallholders in Africa (Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe) and South America (Peru), implemented by FAO. The lessons … services and reduce market transaction costs. Risk management for agricultural smallholders is covered, together with the … increasing role of insurance as a mechanism for risk management among smallholders. Empirical data are used to illustrate the …

The efficient use of inputs is indispensable in many developing countries, such as Ethiopia. This study assesses the … could improve technical efficiency. This implies that smallholder farms in Ethiopia can reduce the input requirement of …

and non-adopters, using a suitable sampling design. Approaches of how to deal with possible selection bias are discussed …