The study uses field level data from Niger to investigate whether traditional land tenure systems are an impediment to allocative efficiency in agriculture. The paper begins with a brief review of the emperical evidence available on African and other parts of the world and then describes the land...
The profitability of different wheat production systems in Arsi Zone was investigated by comparing farmers' practices in the 1994 crop season with on-farm demonstrations led by both Sasakawa-Global 2000 and Kulumsa Research Center of the Institute of Agriculture Research. Overall, yields on the d...
Gavian, S.
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Degefa, G.
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[The profitability of wheat production in Ethiopia: The case of Tiyo Woreda in Arsi zone]
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The profitability of wheat production in Ethiopia: The case of Tiyo Woreda in Arsi zone
Livestock makes an important contribution to the livelihood of Sahelian farmers and herders and is a source of self-insurance against income shocks. By allocating livestock efficiently over space, spatial market integration should foster a sustainable use of pasture resources. It is also expecte...
Not only does livestock make an important contribution to rural incomes and export earnings in the Sahel, it is also kept as insurance against weather risk. Fluctuations in livestock prices can therefore trigger food entitlement failures. Using monthly price data from Niger, we show that livestoc...
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