Publications related to EfD by Mahmud Yesuf
Mahmud Yesuf is senior research fellow of the Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE) and an assistant professor at the Department of Economics of Addis Ababa University. His fields of specialization are environmental and resource economics, experimental economics, environmental valuation, applied microeconomics and development economics. His current research deals with land management and technology adoption: production risk, risk aversion and crop productivity in Ethiopia. Mahmud has been working on various joint research collaborations with the World Bank, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the Department for International Development (DFID), and the University of Maryland on issues related to sustainable land management and climate change. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Gothenburg in November 2004. His dissertation is entitled Risk, Time and Land Management under Market Imperfections: Applications to Ethiopia. So far, his research outputs have been published in Agricultural Economics and as World Bank thematic papers. A number of other papers are under review for publication in other journals.
Expertise/Research area:
Environmental and resource economics
Experimental economics
Environmental valuation
Appiled microeconomics and development economics
Peer reviewed
- Does Adaptation To Climate Change Provide Food Security? A Micro-Perspective From Ethiopia Di Falco, Salvatore, Marcella Veronesi and Mahmud Yesuf, 2011, "Does Adaptation To Climate Change Provide Food Security? A Micro-Perspective From Ethiopia", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 93(3), 829-846, 7 March 2011.
- Farmers' Preferences for Crop Variety Traits: Lessons for On-farm Conservation and Technology Adoption Asrat S., Yesuf M., Carlsson F., Wale E. 2010. Farmers' preferences for crop variety traits: Lessons for on-farm conservation and technology adoption, Ecological Economics 69, 2394-2401.
- Production risk and farm technology adoption in the rain-fed semi-arid lands of Kenya Ogada Maurice, Wilfred Nyangena and Mahmud Yesuf, 2010, “Production risk and farm technology adoption in the rain-fed semi-arid lands of Kenya”, AFJARE, 2010, vol. 4, No. 2, June, pp. 159-74.
- Seeds for livelihood: Crop biodiversity and food production in Ethiopia Di Falco, Salvatore, Mintewab Bezabih, and Mahmud Yesuf, 2010, "Seeds for livelihood: Crop biodiversity and food production in Ethiopia" Ecological Economics 69 (8), 1695–1702, 2010.
- Poverty, Risk Aversion, and Path Dependence in Low-Income Countries: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia Mahmud Yesuf and Randall A. Bluffstone, 2009, "Poverty, Risk Aversion, and Path Dependence in Low-Income Countries: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia", American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009 Vol.91, Issue 4, Pp 1022 - 1037
- Determinants of farmer's choice of adaptation methods to climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia Temesgen Tadesse Deressa, Rashid M. Hassan, Claudia Ringler, Tekie Alemu and Mahmud Yesuf, 2009, "Determinants of farmers' choice of adaptation methods to climate change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia", Global Environmental Change 19(2009), 248-255.
- Estimating Returns to Soil Conservation Adoption in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands Kassie, M., J. Pender, M. Yesuf, G. Kohlin, R. Bulffstone, and E. Mulugeta. 2007. "Estimating Returns to Soil Conservation Adoption in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands". Agricultural Economics Journal, Vol. 38, No. 2, March 2008, pp 213-232.
EfD Discussion Papers
- Production Risk and Farm Technology Adoption in Rain-Fed, Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya Juma, Maurice, Wilfred Nyangena, and Mahmud Yesuf (2009), "Production Risk and Farm Technology Adoption in Rain-Fed, Semi-Arid Lands of Kenya" EfD Discussion Paper 09-22, Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, October 2009.
- Do Discount Rates Change over Time? Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia Heather Klemick, and Mahmud Yesuf, "Do Discount Rates Change over Time? Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia", EfD Discussion Paper 08-06, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. March 2008.
- The Role of Soil Conservation on Mean Crop Yield and Variance of Yield: Evidence from the Ethiopian Highlands Menale Kassie, John Pender, Mahmud Yesuf, Gunnar Köhlin, and Elias Mulugeta, "The Role of Soil Conservation on Mean Crop Yield and Variance of Yield", EfD Discussion Paper 08-08, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. March 2008.
- Market Imperfections and Farm Technology Adoption Decisions: A Case Study from the Highlands of Ethiopia Mahmud Yesuf, and Gunnar Köhlin, "Market Imperfections and Farm Technology Adoption Decisions: A Case Study from the Highlands of Ethiopia", EfD Discussion Paper 08-04, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. March 2008.
- Wealth and Time Preference in Rural Ethiopia Mahmud Yesuf, and Randall Bluffstone, "Wealth and Time Preference in Rural Ethiopia", EfD Discussion Paper 08-16, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. June 2008.
- Rural Livelihoods, Poverty,and the Millennium Development Goals: Evidence from Ethiopian Survey Data Randall Bluffstone, Mahmud Yesuf, Bilisuma Bushie, and Demessie Damite, "Rural Livelihoods, Poverty, and the Millennium Development Goals: Evidence from Ethiopian Survey Data", EfD Discussion Paper 08-07, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. June 2008.
- Risk Implications of Farm Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands Yesuf Mahmud, Menale Kassie, and Gunnar Köhlin (2009), "Risk Implications of Farm Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands", EfD Discussion Paper 09-13, Environment for Development Intiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, May 2009.
- The Role of Production Risk in Sustainable Land-Management Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands Menale Kassie, Mahmud Yesuf, and Gunnar Köhlin, "The Role of Production Risk in Sustainable Land-Management Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands", EfD Discussion Paper 08-15, a joint publication of the Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future (www.rff.org), Washington DC. April 2008.
- Farmers' Preferences for Crop Variety Traits: Lessons for On-Farm Conservation and Technology Adoption Asrat, Sinafikeh, Mahmud Yesuf, Fredrik Carlsson, and Edilegnaw Wale (2009), "Farmers' Preferences for Crop Variety Traits: Lessons for On-Farm Conservation and Technology Adoption", EfD Discussion Paper 09-15, Environment for the Future Initiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, July 2009.
Discussion Papers
- Farmers' preferences for crop variety traits: Lessons for on-farm conservation and technology adoption Yesuf Mahmud, Sinafikehe Asrat, and Fredrik Carlsson, 2009. Farmers' Preferences for Crop Variety Traits: Lessons for On-Farm Conservation and Technology Adoption. S-WoPEC, 357. April, 2009
- Agricultural Extension and Risk in Low Income Countries: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
- Are Agricultural Extension Packages What Ethiopian Farmers Want? A Stated Preference Analysis Carlsson, F., G. Köhlin, A. Mekonnen, and M. Yesuf. 2005. "Are agricultural extension packages really what Ethiopian farmers want? A stated preference analysis". Working Papers in Economics No. 172, Department of Economics, Göteborg University.
Books
- Risk Preferences and Technology Adoption: Case Studies from Ethiopian Highlands Yesuf, Mahmud and Hailemariam Teklewold, 2011, “Risk Preferences and Technology Adoption: Case Studies from Ethiopian Highlands” In Bluffstone, Randall and Gunnar Köhlin, 2011, "Agricultural Investment and Productivity - Building Sustainability in East Africa", EfD/RFF Books.
- Farmers’ Choice between Public Goods and Agricultural Extension Packages in Ethiopia: A Stated Preference Analysis Mekonnen, A., Yesuf, M., Carlsson, F. and Köhlin, G. (2010) Farmers’ Choice between Public Goods and Agricultural Extension Packages in Ethiopia: A Stated Preference Analysis. In Bennett, J. and Birol E. (eds.) Choice Experiments in Developing Countries, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp 189-204
Policy briefs
- Changes in discount rates over time: Evidence from Ethiopia Klemick, H., and Yesuf, M., 2008 “Do Discount Rates Change over Time? Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia” Discussion Papaer Serier, EfD DP 08-06, Enviornment for Development (EfD), Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Risk Implications of Farm Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands Mahmud Yesuf, Menale Kassie, and Gunnar Köhlin, 2009 “Risk Implications of Farm Technology Adoption in the Ethiopian Highlands” Discussion Paper Series, EfD Policy brief 2009.
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