A major argument put forward in favour of individualised land rights in sub-Saharan Africa is that farmlands held under exclusive and secure rights are more productive than farmlands held under other public or customary forms of tenure. If true, this argument implies that reforms to individualise...
Gavian, S.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia]
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Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia
The objective of this paper is therefore; to review the economic contribution of pastoral production system to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa. The first section addressing the economic contribution of pastoralism, which introduces the concept of total factor productivity as a suitab...
Gebreselassie, N.
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Desta, S.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[A review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa]
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A review of the economic contribution of pastoral production systems to the national economies in sub-Saharan Africa
Improved crop-livestock production systems and technologies are currently being developed in sub-Saharan Africa in response to the growing demand for food and the degradation of the natural resource base. These technologies must not only enhance food production, but they also need to maintain eco...
Ehui, Simeon K.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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[A framework for evaluating the sustainability and economic viability of crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa]
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A framework for evaluating the sustainability and economic viability of crop-livestock systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Freeman, H.A.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Role of credit in the uptake and productivity of improved dairy technologies in sub-Saharan Africa
Livestock production is a major contributor to economic development, both driving economic growth and benefiting from it. As an engine of growth, it provides increased income, employment, food and foreign exchange earnings, as well as better nutrition. As income increases with economic developmen...
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
China's future role in international agricultural trade continues to be a puzzle. Part of this puzzle, namely that related to grains, has received far more attention than has livestock trade, which has been relatively neglected. China is a net exporter of livestock products, although over the las...
Agricultural intensification involving greater crop-livestock interactions and integration is emerging as the most promising strategy for improving agricultural production and productivity in much of sub-Saharan Africa. In West Africa, where this process is at various stages of evolution, 559 far...
Okike, I.
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Jabbar, M.A.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Factors affecting farm-specific production efficiency in the Savanna zones of West Africa]
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Factors affecting farm-specific production efficiency in the Savanna zones of West Africa
In this paper, we test the hypothesis that land held under varying configurations of property rights will be farmed at different levels of production efficiency. Production data were collected from 477 plots in a fairly productive, mixed farming system in the Ethiopian highlands. Interspatial mea...
Gavian, S.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia]
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Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia
Although the question of relative production efficiency of indigenous land rights is central to a discussion of land reform in sub-Saharan Africa, there is relatively little rigorous empirical research because of a lack of adequate disaggregated data with the exception of few studies, the subject...
Gavian, S.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
,
[Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia]
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Measuring the production efficiency of alternative land tenure contracts in a mixed crop-livestock system in Ethiopia