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- eeu sweden | Agriculture Policy design Formal microlending and adverse (or non-existent) selection: A case study of shrimp farmers in Bangladesh Microcredit schemes have become a popular means of improving smallholders’ access to credit and making long term investment possible. However, it remains to be explored whether the current microcredit schemes are more successful than earlier formal small scale lending in identifying successful borrowers. We studied shrimp farming in a rural region in Bangladesh where formal microlending is well established, but where more expensive informal microlending coexists with the formal schemes. Andersson, C., Holmgren, E., MacGregor, J. and Stage, J. (2011): Formal microlending and adverse (or non-existent) selection: A case study of shrimp farmers in Bangladesh. Applied Economics 43 (28): 4203 – 4211
- ethiopia | Agriculture Policy design Assessing the Functioning of Land Rental Markets in Ethiopia Although a large theoretical literature discusses the possible inefficiency of sharecropping contracts, empirical evidence on this phenomenon has been ambiguous at best. Household‐level fixed‐effect estimates from about 8,500 plots operated by households that own and sharecrop land in the Ethiopian highlands provide support for the hypothesis of Marshallian inefficiency. Klaus Deininger, Daniel Ayalew Ali and Tekie Alemu, 2008, "Assessing the Functioning of Land Rental Markets in Ethiopia", Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 57(1), pp. 67-100.
- ethiopia | Agriculture Impact of Perennial Cash Cropping on Food Crop Production and Productivity The argument for promoting cash crops in developing countries has generally been based on their contribution to small farmer incomes and their impact on other household activities such as household crop production through interlinked markets. Debela, A.T., 2010, "Impact of Perennial Cash Cropping on Food Crop Production and Productivity", Ethiopian Journal of Economics, 18(1).
- central america rff usa | Agriculture Forestry Policy design Producer-level Benefits of Sustainability Certification Initiatives certifying that producers of goods and services adhere to defined environmental and social-welfare production standards are increasingly popular. According to proponents, these initiatives create financial incentives for producers to improve their environmental, social, and economic performance. We reviewed the evidence on whether these initiatives have such benefits. A. Blackman and J. Rivera. In Press. "Producer-level Benefits of Sustainability Certification." Forthcoming in Conservation Biology.
- central america | Agriculture The Motivation for Organic Grain Farming in the United States: Profits, Lifestyle, or the Environment? Organic grain producers exhibited a diversity of motivations, including profit and stewardship. Hanawa Peterson, H., Barkley, A., Chacón-Cascante, A. and Kastens, T. “The Motivation for Organic Grain Farming in the United States: Profits, Lifestyle, or the Environment?” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. Forthcoming.
- ethiopia | Agriculture Behavior ec. Policy design Food-for-work for poverty reduction and the promotion of sustainable land use: can it work? Food-for-work (FFW) programs are commonly used both for short-term relief and long-term development purposes. This paper assesses the potential of FFW programs to reduce poverty and promote sustainable land use in the longer run. Holden, Stein, Christopher Barrett and Fitsum Hagos, 2006, "Food-for-Work for poverty reduction and the promotion of sustainable land use: Can it work?", Journal of Environment and Development, 11(01):15-38.
- ethiopia | Agriculture Behavior ec. Policy design Tenure security, resource poverty, public programs, and household plot-level conservation investments in the highlands of northern Ethiopia Land degradation poses a serious problem for the livelihoods of rural producers. Furthermore, there is rarely enough private investment taking place to commensurate the scale of the problem. This article examines the role of tenure insecurity, resource poverty, risk and time preferences, and community-led land conservation on differentiated patterns of household investment in land conservation in northern Ethiopia. Hagos, Fitsum and Stein Holden, 2006, "Tenure security, resource poverty, risk aversion, public programs and household plot level conservation investment in the highlands of northern Ethiopia", Agricultural Economics, 34(2):183-196.
- ethiopia | Agriculture Importance of Irrigated Agriculture to the Ethiopian Economy: Capturing the direct net benefits of irrigation This study is an attempt to quantify the actual and expected contribution of irrigation to the Ethiopian economy for 2005/06 and 2009/10 cropping seasons using adjusted net gross margin analysis. Hagos, Fitsum, Godswill Makombe, Regassa Namara, and Seleshi Bekele Awulachew, 2010, "Importance of Irrigated Agriculture to the Ethiopian Economy: Capturing the direct net benefits of irrigation", Ethiopian Journal of Development Research, 32(1):5-52.
- central america | Agriculture Climate change The Effect of Ambiguous Risk and Coordination on Farmer´s Adaptation to Climate Change-A Framed Field Experiment The risk of losses of income and productive means due to adverse weather can differ significantly among farmers sharing a productive landscape, and is of course hard to estimate, or even “guesstimate” empirically. Moreover, the costs associated with investments in reduced vulnerability to climatic events are likely to exhibit economies of scope. We explore the implications of these characteristics on farmer's decisions to adapt to climate change using a framed field experiment applied to coffee farmers in Costa Rica. As expected, we find high levels of risk aversion, but even using that as a baseline, we further find that farmers behave even more cautiously when the setting is characterized by unknown or ambiguous risk (i.e. poor or non-reliable risk information). Secondly, we find that farmers, to a large extent, coordinated their decisions to secure a lower adaptation cost, and that communication among farmers strongly facilitated coordination. Alpizar, F., F. Carlsson and M.A. Naranjo. (2011). The Effect of Ambiguous Risk and Coordination on Farmer´s Adaptation to Climate Change-A Framed Field Experiment. Ecological Economics, Vol 70:12, pp.2317-2326.
- ethiopia | Agriculture Behavior ec. Policy design Land and water institutions in the Blue Nile Basin: Setups and gaps for improved land and water management This study undertook an assessment and gap analysis of the institutional arrangements for improved land and water management in the Tana and Beles Sub-basins highlands of the Blue Nile Basin. We explored the mandates and design features of the major land- and water-related institutional arrangements. Focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and a literature review were used in the analysis. Hagos, Fitsum, Amare Haileslassie, Seleshi Bekele Awulachew, Everisto Mapedza, and Tesfaye Taffesse, 2011, "Land and Water Institutions in the Blue Nile Basin: Setups and Gaps for Improved Land and Water Management" Review of Policy Research, 28(2):149-170.
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