This article examines the role of institutional services of credit, input supply, and extension in the overall commercial transformation process of smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia. Survey data collected in 2006 from 309 sample households in three districts of Ethiopia are used for the analyse...
The efficiency of cotton market chain that can have great influence on farm level
supply of marketable cotton was evaluated for Metema District of Ethiopia, using
structure-conduct-performance approach. Market concentration ratio (CR4) at District
level was 49.76 percent and there were observed b...
Bosena, T.
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Bekabil, F.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Structure-Conduct-Performance of Cotton Market: The Case of Metema District, Ethiopia]
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Structure-Conduct-Performance of Cotton Market: The Case of Metema District, Ethiopia
Land degradation is a severe problem in the Ethiopian highlands. Factors that may be important in influencing land management and its impacts on resources and human welfare include low and uncertain rainfall in much of the highlands, limited market access and market development, land tenure insec...
Pender, J.L.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Benin, S.E.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Strategies for sustainable agricultural development in the Ethiopian highlands]
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Strategies for sustainable agricultural development in the Ethiopian highlands
Land is an essential factor of production. Institutions that govern its efficient use determine the sustainability of this essential resource. In Ethiopia all land is publicly owned. Such an institutional setting is said to have resulted in the major degradation of Ethiopia's land resources and d...
Gebreegziabher, Z.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Mekonnen, A.
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[Institutions, sustainable land use and consumer welfare: The case of forest and grazing lands in northern Ethiopia]
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Institutions, sustainable land use and consumer welfare: The case of forest and grazing lands in northern Ethiopia
Current available records show that Ethiopia is receiving negligible benefits from its
cotton and textile products export partly on account of low production at the farm
level. Our objective was to study factors responsible for the low production. The
factors affecting farm level marketable suppl...
Bosena, T.
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Bekabil, F.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Factors affecting cotton supply at the farm level in Metema District of Ethiopia]
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Factors affecting cotton supply at the farm level in Metema District of Ethiopia
This paper explores local empowerment, income generation opportunities, and environmental sustainability under varying scales of woodlot management in Ethiopia. We find that more devolved woodlot management empowers resource users, providing greater decision-making autonomy regarding harvesting a...
Jagger, P.
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Pender, J.L.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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[Trading off environmental sustainability for empowerment and income: Woodlot devolution in northern Ethiopia]
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Trading off environmental sustainability for empowerment and income: Woodlot devolution in northern Ethiopia
Ayalneh, W.
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Woldu, Z.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Tadesse, G.
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Peden, Donald G.
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[The benefits and environmental effect of community based small scale irrigation development in the Awash river basin, Ethiopia: A case study of four community based irrigation schemes]
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The benefits and environmental effect of community based small scale irrigation development in the Awash river basin, Ethiopia: A case study of four community based irrigation schemes
This paper investigates the land management practices used in the highlands of Tigray, northern Ethiopia, the factors influencing them and their implications for crop production and income. Several factors commonly hypothesised to have a major impact on land management and agricultural production...
Pender, J.L.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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[Determinants of agricultural and land management practices and impacts on crop production and household income in the highlands of Tigray, Ethiopia.]
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Determinants of agricultural and land management practices and impacts on crop production and household income in the highlands of Tigray, Ethiopia.