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Organic Farming Technologies and Agricultural Productivity: The case of Semi-Arid Ethiopia

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Kassie, Menale () (Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University)
Zikhali, Precious () (Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University)
Pender, John () (International Food Policy Research Institute, (IFPRI))
Köhlin, Gunnar () (Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University)
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.

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Paper provided by Göteborg University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers in Economics with number 334.

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Date of creation: 16 Dec 2008
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Keywords: Conservation tillage; Chemical fertilizer; Crop productivity; Matched observations; Ethiopia;

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Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation
Q16 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - R&D; Agricultural Technology; Agricultural Extension Services
Q24 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Land

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