Accurate assessment of farmers' credit constraint condition is important in order to understand the circumstances under which credit would have its greatest impact. In this study a switching regression model was used to determine the impact of credit on smallholder dairy farms in the East African...
Freeman, H.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[Credit constraints and smallholder dairy production in the East African highlands: Application of a switching regression model]
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Credit constraints and smallholder dairy production in the East African highlands: Application of a switching regression model
The degree to which prevailing land tenure arrangements constrain agricultural productivity, and the sources of inefficiency associated with land tenure systems in sub-Saharan Africa are unresolved. Using a stochastic frontier production function, this paper examines the economic efficiency and t...
Ahmed, M.M.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Benin, S.E.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Measurement and sources of technical efficiency of land tenure contracts in Ethiopia]
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Measurement and sources of technical efficiency of land tenure contracts in Ethiopia
Data augmentation is a powerful technique for estimating models with latent or missing data, but applications in agricultural economics have thus far been few. This paper showcases the technique in an application to data on milk market participation in the Ethiopian highlands. There, a key impedi...
Holloway, G.J.
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Dorfman, J.H
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Tobit estimation with unknown point of censoring with an application to milk-market participation in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Tobit estimation with unknown point of censoring with an application to milk-market participation in the Ethiopian highlands
This study investigates the household-level impacts of market-oriented dairy technologies (crossbred cows and complementary feed and management technologies) on in-comes, food and non-food expenditures, nutrient intakes, and health of pre-school children. A recursive econometric model was employe...
Ahmed, M.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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[Adoption of crossbred cow technologies and increased food security among smallholder dairy farmers in the East African highlands]
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Adoption of crossbred cow technologies and increased food security among smallholder dairy farmers in the East African highlands
In this paper, a broader perspective on the causes of environmental degradation is taken and issues for policy analysis are examined. Causes of natural resource degradation, property arrangements, capital markets, commodity prices, monetary policy, and marketing are discussed. Highlights issues f...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Environmental degradation in sub-Saharan Africa: issues for policy analysis]
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Environmental degradation in sub-Saharan Africa: issues for policy analysis
In Ethiopia and Kenya, a unit of credit given to a credit-constrained farmer has twice as much effect on agricultural productivity as a unit of credit given to a farmer with adequate access to financial resources, according to a recent ILRI study. The study also found that giving farmers agricult...
Freeman, H.A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[LPA Brief no. 10. The role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa]
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LPA Brief no. 10. The role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa
Preckel, P.V.
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Ahmed, M.M.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Modeling economic motivation for diversification on subsistence farms in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Modeling economic motivation for diversification on subsistence farms in the Ethiopian highlands
In most developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, prices received by farmers are not optimal in the sense that they do not optimize government revenues. In this paper a dynamic model for optimal pricing of primary commodities is developed. The model and results demonstrate that opti...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Optimal pricing of primary commodities in developing countries: A model from sub-Saharan Africa]
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Optimal pricing of primary commodities in developing countries: A model from sub-Saharan Africa
This paper presents some thoughts on research policies and strategies to support the Development of the livestock sector in developing countries. Particular emphasis is placed on sub-Saharan Africa. The first section discusses the role of agricultural research in livestock Development and reviews...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Fitzhugh, H.A.
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[Research policies and strategies for livestock development in developing countries]
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Research policies and strategies for livestock development in developing countries
Previous farm-level studies have shown that adopting improved feeding and management strategies improves livestock productivity and, in particular, increases the milk production and income of resource poor smallholder mixed-crop and livestock farmers. This paper analyses the impact of the introdu...
Ahmed, M.M.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Household level economic and nutritional impacts of market-oriented dairy production in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Household level economic and nutritional impacts of market-oriented dairy production in the Ethiopian highlands