This article measures and compares total factor productivity growth in African agriculture under contemporaneous and sequential technology frontiers over the period 1970–2004. The sources of productivity growth are examined using a fixed-effects regression model and a polynomial distributed lag s...
This paper assessed the relative economic efficiency and output supply and input demand responses of women farmers in western Kenya. The results showed that women are as technically and allocatively efficient as men. However, neither men nor women have absolute allocative efficiency. Women farmer...
Alene, A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Omanya, G.
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Mignouna, H.
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Bokanga, M.
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Odhiambo, G.D.
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[Economic efficiency and supply response of women as farm managers: comparative evidence from Western Kenya]
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Economic efficiency and supply response of women as farm managers: comparative evidence from Western Kenya
Teff (Eragrostistef) is a major staple food crop in Ethiopia, but smallholder teff production is characterized by persistently low average yield. A major government effort aimed at raising the productivity and competitiveness of smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia involved re...
Elias, A.
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Nohmi, M.
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Yasunobu, K.
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Ishida, A.
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Alene, A.
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[The effect of agricultural extension service on the technical efficiency of Teff (Eragrostistef) producers in Ethiopia]
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The effect of agricultural extension service on the technical efficiency of Teff (Eragrostistef) producers in Ethiopia
This study undertakes an ex‐ante evaluation of the effects of alternative technology and policy options on soybean supply and demand in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) to 2050. Current soybean consumption in SSA is dominated by cooking oil followed by soybean cake used as animal feed. Due to weak proces...
Gbegbelegbe, S.
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Alene, A.
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Kamara, A.
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Wiebe, K.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Mkandawire, P.
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[Ex‐ante evaluation of promising soybean innovations for sub‐Saharan Africa]
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Ex‐ante evaluation of promising soybean innovations for sub‐Saharan Africa
It remains a challenge for agricultural research-for-development (AR4D) institutions to demonstrate to donors which technologies contribute significantly to poverty reduction due to a multitude of impact pathways. We attempt to overcome this challenge by utilizing the potential outcomes framework...
Ainembabazi, John H.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Feleke, S.
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Alene, A.
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Dontsop Nguezet, Paul M.
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Ndayisaba, P.C.
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Hicintuka, C.
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Mapatano, S.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Who benefits from which agricultural research-for-development technologies? Evidence from farm household poverty analysis in Central Africa]
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Who benefits from which agricultural research-for-development technologies? Evidence from farm household poverty analysis in Central Africa
It is widely recognized that increasing agricultural production to the levels needed to feed an expanding world population requires sharply increased public investment in research and development and widespread adoption of new technologies, but funding for national and international agricultural ...
Alene, A.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Rusike, J.
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Labarta, R.
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Creamer, Bernardo
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Rio, M. del
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Ceballos, H.
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Becerra, L.A.
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[Identifying crop research priorities based on potential economic and poverty reduction impacts: the case of cassava in Africa, Asia, and Latin America]
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Identifying crop research priorities based on potential economic and poverty reduction impacts: the case of cassava in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
This article examines the impact that misreporting adoption status has on the identification and estimation of causal effects on productivity. In particular, by comparing measurement error-ridden self-reported adoption data with measurement-error-free DNA-fingerprinted adoption data, we investiga...
Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Alene, A.
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Nguimkeu, P.
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Feleke, S.
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Rabbi, Ismail Y.
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Haile, M.G.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Estimating the productivity impacts of technology adoption in the presence of misclassification]
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Estimating the productivity impacts of technology adoption in the presence of misclassification
This study investigates the impact of improved maize varieties on household food security in eastern Zambia using household survey data from a sample of over 800 rural households. Since treatment effect estimates are often prone to misspecification in either the treatment or outcome equation, we ...
Manda, J.
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Gardebroek, C.
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Kuntashula, E.
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Alene, A.
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[Impact of improved maize varieties on food security in eastern Zambia: a doubly robust analysis]
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Impact of improved maize varieties on food security in eastern Zambia: a doubly robust analysis
Achieving sustainable food security in Nigeria is feasible through organic farming. However, unavailability and resource constraints hamper the adoption of agricultural inputs; hence the market offers opportunity for use of purchased organic inputs. In assessing the importance of the market, the ...
Olayide, O
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Alene, A.
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Ikpi, A
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Nziguheba, Generose
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[Manure marketing in the savannas of Nigeria : Implications for sustainable food security]
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Manure marketing in the savannas of Nigeria : Implications for sustainable food security
This paper examines the impacts of access to extension services and cooperative membership on technology adoption, asset ownership and poverty using household-level data from rural Nigeria. Using different matching techniques and endogenous switching regression approach, we find that both extensi...
Assfaw Wossen, Tesfamicheal
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Alene, A.
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Haile, M.G.
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Feleke, S.
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Olanrewaju, A.S.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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[Impacts of extension access and cooperative membership on technology adoption and household welfare]
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Impacts of extension access and cooperative membership on technology adoption and household welfare