Report NEP-AGR-2016-11-20

This is the archive for NEP-AGR, a report on new working papers in the area of Agricultural Economics. Angelo Zago issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Tesfaye, Wondimagegn & Tirivayi, Nyasha, 2016. "The effect of improved storage innovations on food security and welfare in Ethiopia," MERIT Working Papers 2016-063, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
• Mark Paul, 2016. "Farmer Perspectives on Livelihoods Within Community Supported Agriculture," UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers 2016-13, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Economics.
• Asfaw, Solomon & Carraro, Alessandro, 2016. "Welfare Effect of Farm Input Subsidy Program in the Context of Climate Change: Evidence from Malawi," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246281, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Kirui, Oliver K., 2016. "Impact of land degradation on household poverty: evidence from a panel data simultaneous equation model," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246396, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Mtimet, Nadhem & Pica-Ciamarra, Ugo, 2016. "Dairy farmers’ access to market in Uganda: Observing the unobservable," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249282, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Wabwile, Victor K. & Ingasia, Oscar A. & Langat, Jackson K., 2016. "Effect of the improved sweet potato varieties on household food security: empirical evidence from Kenya," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246916, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Njuki, Eric & Bravo-Ureta, Boris E., 2016. "Measuring agricultural water productivity using a partial factor productivity approach," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246948, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Boulanger, Pierre & Dudu, Hasan & Ferrari, Emanuele & Mainar, Alfredo & Proietti, Ilaria, 2016. "Are input policies effective to enhance food security in Kenya? A CGE Analysis," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246954, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Gitonga, Zachary M. & De Groote, Hugo, 2016. "Role of hybrid maize adoption on food security in Kenya: an application of two-step generalized method of moments (gmm2s)," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246315, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Palazzo, Amanda & Vervoort, Joost M. & Mason- D'Croz, Daniel & Rutting, Lucas & Havlik, Petr & Islam, Shahnila & Bayala, Jules & Kadi, Hame Kadi & Thornton, Philip & Zougmore, Robert, "undated". "Interpreting the Shared Socio-economic Pathways under Climate Change for the ECOWAS region through a stakeholder and multi-model process," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246970, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Peter B. Dixon & Maureen T. Rimmer & Rajesh Chadha & Devender Pratap & Anjali Tandon, 2016. "A CGE model for India with an application on the effects of eliminating agricultural subsidies," Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre Working Papers g-265, Victoria University, Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre.
• Dhavu, K. & Modiselle, S. & Seopa, J. & Manyako, E., 2016. "An assessment of the department of water and sanitation’s delivery model of the current resource poor farmers funding policy," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249332, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Kirui, Oliver K. & Mirzabaev, Alisher, 2016. "Cost of land degradation and improvement in Eastern Africa," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249321, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Muatha, Irene Teresia & Otieno, David Jakinda & Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo, 2016. "Factors influencing smallholder farmers’ awareness of agricultural extension devolution in Kenya: a binary logit analysis," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246283, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Khadjavi, Menusch & Sipangule, Kacana & Thiele, Rainer, 2016. "Social capital and large-scale agricultural investments: An experimental investigation in Zambia," Kiel Working Papers 2056, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
• Moss, Charles B. & Schmitz, Andrew, 2016. "Distributional effects of agricultural productivity in benefit cost analysis: alternative weighting of benefits and costs," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246905, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Linderhof, Vincent & Powell, Jeffrey & Vignes, Romain & Ruben, Ruerd, 2016. "The influence of household farming systems on dietary diversity and caloric intake: the case of Uganda," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246444, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Jingzhong Ye & Lu Pan, 2016. "Concepts and realities of family farming in Asia and the Pacific," Working Papers 139, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.
• Bello, Muhammad & Abdulai, Awudu, 2016. "Identification of consumer segments and market potentials for organic products in Nigeria: A Hybrid Latent Class approach," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246965, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Riesgo, Laura & Louhichi, Kamel & Paloma, Sergio Gomez y, 2016. "Modelling farm-household level impacts of fertilizer subsidy programs on productivity and food security: The case of Ethiopia," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249265, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Luca Di Corato & Michele Moretto & Sergio Vergalli, 2016. "Deforestation Rate in the Long-run: the Case of Brazil," Working Papers 2016.56, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
• Kiplimo, L.B. & Ngeno, V., 2016. "Understanding the Effect of Land Fragmentation on Farm Level Efficiency: An Application of Quantile Regression-Based Thick Frontier Approach to Maize Production in Kenya," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249280, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Omiat, George & Shively, Gerald, 2016. "Charting the cost of nutritionally-adequate diets in Uganda, 2000-2011," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246378, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• David, T. & Gitau, R. & Meyer, F.H. & Chisanga, B. & Jayne, T.S., 2016. "Evaluating price volatility and the role of trade in Eastern and Southern African maize markets," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249291, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Amwata, D.A. & Nyariki, D.M. & Musimba, N.R.K, 2016. "Climate factors as determinants of food security in semi-arid Kenya: a longitudinal analysis," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249315, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Kimenju, Simon C. & Qaim, Matin, "undated". "The nutrition transition and indicators of child malnutrition," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246385, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Aboua, Christian, 2016. "Resource Efficiency and Economic Efficiency in Fish Farming in the South-east of Côte d’Ivoire," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249307, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Van Campenhout, Bjorn, 2016. "Risk and Sustainable Crop Intensification," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246917, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Seck, Abdoulaye, 2016. "Fertilizer subsidy and agricultural productivity in Senegal," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246276, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Jayne, T. S. & Holtzman, John S. & Yeboah, Felix Kwame & Anderson, Jock R. & Oehmke, James F., 2016. "Agri-Food Systems and Youth Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa," Food Security International Development Working Papers 249276, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
• Carmona, Natalia Estrada & Michler, Jeffrey D., 2016. "Nutritious food without fire: environmental and nutritional impacts from a solar stove field experiment," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249342, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Abebe, Lemlem & Kifle, Dereje & De Groote, Hugo, "undated". "Analysis of women empowerment in agricultural index: the case of Toke Kutaye District of Oromia, Ethiopia," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246398, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Tran, Anh N., "undated". "Moral Hazard, Adverse Selection and Sharecropping in Ethiopia," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246972, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Ansah, Isaac Gershon K. & Gardebroek, Cornelis & Ihle, Rico & Jaleta, Moti, 2016. "Got data too poor for time series analysis? Can cluster analysis be a remedy? Studying wheat market integration in Ethiopia," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246442, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Sahoo, Amarendra & Shiferaw, Bekele & Gbegbelegbe, Sika, 2016. "Economywide impacts of promising agricultural technologies on food security and welfare in Kenya," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246960, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Mekonnen, Daniel Ayalew & Gerber, Nicolas, 2016. "Aspirations and food security in rural Ethiopia," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249324, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Asante-Addo, Collins & Mockshell, Jonathan & Siddig, Khalid & Zeller, Manfred, 2016. "Agricultural credit provision: What really determines farmers’ participation and credit rationing?," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249283, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Cherono, Irine & Otieno, David Jakinda, 2016. "Peri-urban food traders’ preferences for open-air market design and management attributes in Nairobi, Kenya," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246920, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Dieter von Fintel & Louw Pienaar, 2016. "Small-scale farming and food security: the enabling role of cash transfers in South Africa’s former homelands," Working Papers 647, Economic Research Southern Africa.
• Gollisch, Simon & Hedderich, Barbara & Theuvsen, Ludwig, 2016. "Reference points and risky decision-making in agricultural trade firms: A case study in Germany," DARE Discussion Papers 1609, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development (DARE).
• Fiamohe, R. & Ndindeng, S. & Mujawamariya, G. & Sanyang, S. & Futakuchi, K., 2016. "Responding to consumers’ preference in African rice markets: experiences of Africa Rice Center," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249322, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Kadjo, Didier & Ricker-Gilbert, Jacob & Tahirou, Abdoulaye & Shively, Gerald & Baco, Nasser, 2016. "Adverse selection in informal maize markets in Benin," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249289, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Bocher, Temesgen & Simtowe, Franklin, 2016. "Are farmers profit efficient? Evidence from groundnut farmers in Malawi," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249328, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Fiamohe, Rose E. & Kinkpé, A. Thierry, 2016. "Analysing potential demand for local rice in West Africa," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249281, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Ngare, Lucy W. & Wambugu, Stephen K. & Nzuma, Jonathon M. & Shisanya, Chris, 2016. "Testing the central market hypothesis for food markets in the highlands of Central Kenya," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246957, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Sekabira, Haruna & Qaim, Matin, 2016. "Mobile Phone Technologies, Agricultural Production Patterns, and Market access in Uganda," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246310, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Mohamed Arouri & Adel Ben Youssef & Cuong Nguyen-Viet, 2016. "Does Urbanization Help Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas? Evidence from Vietnam," PGDA Working Papers 11514, Program on the Global Demography of Aging.
• Musabanganji, Edouard & Karangwa, Antoine & Lebailly, Philippe, 2016. "Intensification of smallholder agriculture in Rwanda: scenarios and challenges towards a sustainable transformation," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246384, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Douglas Gollin & Casper Worm Hansen & Asger Wingender, 2016. "Two Blades of Grass: The Impact of the Green Revolution," CSAE Working Paper Series 2016-30, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
• Eckhard Platen & David Taylor, 2016. "Loading Pricing of Catastrophe Bonds and Other Long-Dated, Insurance-Type Contracts," Research Paper Series 379, Quantitative Finance Research Centre, University of Technology, Sydney.
• Kariuki, Sarah W. & De Groote, Hugo & Ndegwa, Michael K., 2016. "The role of maize storage in stabilizing annual household maize consumption: an application of generalized propensity score matching," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246977, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Ayoola, Gbolagade & Ayoola, Josephine Bosede, 2016. "The transformation of smallholder agriculture in Africa: lessons in policy experimentation and governance from Nigeria," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249290, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Ouma, Emily & Ochieng, Justus & Dione, Michel & Pezo, Danilo, "undated". "Governance structures and constraints along the Ugandan smallholder pig value chains," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246976, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Mensah, Amos & Brummer, Bernhard, 2016. "Drivers of technical efficiency and technology gaps in Ghana’s mango production sector: a stochastic metafrontier approach," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246269, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Ihle, Rico & von Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan, 2016. "Semiparametric insights into price dynamics in Tanzanian maize markets," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249329, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Curtis, John & Breen, Benjamin & O'Reilly, Paul, 2016. "Recreational Angling Tournaments: Participants’ Expenditures," Papers WP546, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).
• Ayinde, O.E., 2016. "Risk analysis in innovation system: a case - study of production of Vitamin A cassava variety among farmers in Nigeria," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249326, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Desiere, Sam, 2016. "The inverse productivity size relationship: can it be explained by systematic measurement error in self-reported production?," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246971, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Kiratu, Nixon Murathi & Mshenga, Patience M. & Ngigi, Margaret, 2016. "Determinants of smallholder farmers’ perception towards smart subsidies; a case of Nakuru Noth district, Kenya," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249316, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Yami, Mesay & Meyer, Ferdi & Hassan, Rashid, 2016. "Modelling price formation and dynamics in the Ethiopian maize market," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249346, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Günther Fink & Evan Peet, 2016. "Returns to Education in Low and Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from the Living Standards and Measurement Surveys," PGDA Working Papers 12014, Program on the Global Demography of Aging.
• Okello, Julius, 2016. "Analysis of Household Poverty and Household Vulnerability to Poverty: The Role of Social Protection Measures in Reducing Household Poverty and Vulnerability in Katakwi District-Uganda," Miscellaneous Papers 249337, Agecon Search.
• Grimm, Michael, 2016. "Rainfall Risk and Fertility: Evidence from Farm Settlements during the American Demographic Transition," IZA Discussion Papers 10351, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• De Groote, Hugo & Kariuki, Sarah & Traore, Djibril & Taylor, John R.N. & Mario, Ferruzi & Hamaker, Bruce, "undated". "Measuring consumers’ interest in instant fortified millet products - a field experiment in Touba, Senegal," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246973, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Center for Economic and Social & International Food Policy Research Institute & Michigan State University, 2016. "Revitalized Agriculture for Balanced Growth and Resilient Livelihoods: Toward a Rural Development Strategy for Mon State, Myanmar," Food Security International Development Working Papers 249278, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.
• Debela, Bethelhem Legesse, 2016. "Factors affecting differences in livestock asset ownership between male and female-headed households in northern Ethiopia," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246906, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Ajetomobi, Joshua Olusegun, 2016. "Sensitivity of Crop Yield to Extreme Weather in Nigeria," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246919, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Kehinde, A.L. & Aboaba, K.O., 2016. "Analysis of value addition in the processing of cassava tubers to “garri” among cottage level processors in southwestern nigeria," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249323, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Omotola, Aderonke M. & Okoruwa, Victor O., 2016. "Inclusive Growth pattern in Rural Southwestern Nigeria: Opportunities and Challenges," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249313, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Jalang'o, Dorcas Anyango & Otieno, David Jakinda & Kosura, Willis-Oluoch, 2016. "Factors influencing smallholder farmers’ participation in domestic high value markets for African Indigenous Vegetables in rural Kenya," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246390, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Tamru, Seneshaw & Minten, Bart, 2016. "Value Addition and Processing by Farmers in Developing Countries: Evidence From the Coffee Sector in Ethiopia," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 249341, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Katungi, Enid & Larochelle, Catherine & Mugaboo, Josephat & Buruchara, Robin, 2016. "Estimating the impact of climbing bean adoption on bean productivity in Rwanda: Endogenous Switching Regression," 2016 Fifth International Conference, September 23-26, 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 246456, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
• Zhang, Fan & Polyakov, Maksym & Fogarty, James & Pannell, David, 2016. "The Capitalized Value of Rainwater Tanks in the Property Market of Perth, Australia," Working Papers 246968, University of Western Australia, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
• Sang-Hyun Kim & Hao Lan, 2016. "Fishy Seafood Labeling," Working papers 2016rwp-101, Yonsei University, Yonsei Economics Research Institute.