Organic Farming Technologies and Agricultural Productivity: The case of Semi-Arid Ethiopia
Abstract
Organic farming practices, in as far as they rely on local or farm renewable resources, present desirable options for enhancing agricultural productivity for resource-constrained farmers in developing countries. In this paper we use plot-level data from semi-arid area of Ethiopia to investigate the impact of organic farming practices on crop productivity, with a particular focus on conservation tillage. Specifically we seek to investigate whether conservation tillage results in more or less productivity gains than chemical fertilizer. Our results reveal a clear superiority of organic farming practices over chemical fertilizers in enhancing crop productivity. Thus our results underscore the importance of encouraging resource-constrained farmers in developing countries to adopt organic farming practices, especially since they enable farmers to reduce production costs, provide environmental benefits, and as our results confirm, enhance crop productivity.Download Info
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Paper provided by University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers in Economics with number 334.Length: 27 pages
Date of creation: 16 Dec 2008
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Handle: RePEc:hhs:gunwpe:0334
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:
- NEP-AFR-2009-01-03 (Africa)
- NEP-AGR-2009-01-03 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-ALL-2009-01-03 (All new papers)
- NEP-EFF-2009-01-03 (Efficiency & Productivity)
- NEP-ENV-2009-01-03 (Environmental Economics)
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- Leonardo Becchetti & Pierluigi Conzo & Giuseppina Gianfreda, 2009.
"Market access, organic farming and productivity: the determinants of creation of economic value on a sample of Fair Trade affiliated Thai farmers,"
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- Leonardo Becchetti & Pierluigi Conzo & Giuseppina Gianfreda, 2009. "Market Access, Organic Farming And Productivity: The Determinants Of Creation Of Economic Value On A Sample Of Fair Trade Affiliated Thai Farmers," Working Papers 0309, CREI Università degli Studi Roma Tre, revised 2009.
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